–GCCI urges businesses, calls for harsher penalties against delinquents

AS part of its commitment to ensuring that all businesses adhere to proper garbage disposal methods, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is calling for harsher penalties against businesses and residents who dispose of their garbage indiscriminately on a regular basis.

“The Chamber is extremely concerned about garbage build-up along Regent, Robb, and Charlotte Streets and believes that it is a hazardous practice with severe environmental consequences. GCCI encourages citizens and business owners to refrain from dumping garbage in the roadways and drains. There must be zero tolerance for individuals and businesses who contribute to littering,” the Commerce Chambers stated on Wednesday.

The GCCI called on the Mayor and City Council to impose harsher penalties on businesses and residents who dispose of their garbage haphazardly.

Concurrently, the Chamber requests that the Mayor and City Council acknowledge their responsibility for ensuring timely garbage collection in order to avoid citizens and businesses using non-collection as an excuse for littering and improper disposal.

“Littering not only negatively impacts the environment, but poses serious health risks that a population of our size cannot afford,” the GCCI noted.