Public cleanliness is no longer a mere formality or a civilizational luxury, rather it has become a direct address of the awareness of communities and their ability to protect their health, environment, and future. The streets drowning in waste do not only reflect a malfunction in services, but also reveal, beforehand, a flaw in behavior and collective responsibility.
The random disposal of waste is morally and civically unacceptable because it is a clear encroachment on the public space shared by everyone. The street does not belong to any individual, yet at the same time, it is everyone's responsibility without exception. Therefore, leaving such practices unchecked or not fundamentally addressed means accepting the disfigurement of cities, damaging public health, and perpetuating a culture of indifference.
In this context, the recent governmental efforts confirm that confronting this phenomenon is no longer a deferred option, but a national priority that requires integrated institutional work, combining law enforcement, sustainability of cleaning campaigns, and deep community awareness. Law alone, no matter how strict, does not always create a permanent civilized behavior, just as awareness without surveillance loses its effect over time. The successful equation relies on combining deterrence and awareness, and between individual responsibility and institutional duty.
No executive program can succeed unless the citizen transforms from a recipient of instructions to a genuine partner in protecting the place. Instilling a culture of cleanliness starts at home, is reinforced in school, takes root in mosques and churches, and is entrenched through the media, until the act of throwing garbage in the street becomes socially unacceptable before it is a legal violation.
Moreover, the role of municipalities and relevant institutions should not be seasonal or linked to temporary campaigns, but a continuous effort that relies on monitoring, field supervision, and the use of modern technologies such as electronic surveillance, to ensure compliance and firm handling of violations, especially those related to construction waste which deforms the public scene and causes serious environmental damage.
Cleanliness is not solely the responsibility of the sanitation worker, but it is a mirror of the morals of the community and an indicator of its respect for itself before being a service provided to it. When we realize that throwing waste in the street is a direct harm to us and our children, we will move from a stage of complaint to a stage of action.
Ultimately, we are today before a real opportunity to launch a comprehensive awareness revolution that restores cleanliness to its place as a national value and daily behavior. Our streets deserve to be clean, not because the law imposes it, but because we believe that the nation starts from a clean pavement, and a citizen aware of his role within the space of his city as a complement to the work of the relevant official institutions, and not a burden on them.
