Every year thousands of people head for the Mount at this time of year to enjoy the sun, surf and hopefully lots of pizza from our shop. Its the time of year when we traders hope to top up the bank accounts to see us through the quiet months and fortunately this year is no exception. Its been wall to wall customers since Boxing Day. In fact the 2 weeks around Christmas and New Year is called 'the silly season' then its pretty full on for the rest of the school hols.
But one thing that really spoils the season is the amount of rubbish littered every where. It is an illusion that New Zealanders care more for their environment than other parts of the world. When it comes to littering they are as bad as anyone. The road sides are covered in empty beer bottles, cans and other rubbish that has been thrown out of cars.
Next to our shop there is an ice-cream parlour and a dairy (corner shop) and the piles of icecream wrappers, empty bottles, serviettes, paper cups and pizza boxes thrown on the street is disgraceful even though there are plenty of bins around. Its a sad fact that where there are lots of people there is lots of rubbish and the only reason New Zealand seems cleaner than other countries is the concentration of population. People seem happy with the attitude that someone else will clean it up, never mind being environmentaly friendly.
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