BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing residents have highlighted spitting, dumping rubbish, barbecues and smoking as the annoyances they would most like to see disappear from the city before next year’s Olympics.
More than 200,000 people responded to a survey conducted by the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau which asked for suggestions of what residents could do to clean up the city, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
“The air quality reflects the civilization of a city,” Zhang Baosen, an official of the EPB, told Xinhua. “To improve Beijing’s air quality during the Olympics needs the combined efforts of the government and the … city residents.”
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Noelle d'Estries, an early GO employee who took on the varied roles of Community Manager, green celebrity blogger, and more. She currently runs worstcookever.com GO entered Noelle's life in February 2007 while she was burning tires in her backyard. A phone call from the green gods at GO, burnt out the fires. Now, Noelle happily wears her GO sweatshirt while eating organic veggies and asking for paper, not plastic. A regular at the local farmer's market, Noelle shuns raking leaves and lawn maintenance, while making gourmet foods constantly. When not staring at her computer screen, she spends time with her equally attractive dog, Tessa, cat, Tim and lover Paul. She currently holds all three point records at RIT and could eat avocados and drink wine for the rest of her life.
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