Bogor Park full of people and litter

Bogor Park full of people and litter

Kosasih, a cleaning worker at the Bogor Botanical Park, is
sweeping piles of ticket stubs thrown by visitors along Jl.
Kenari I.

The park is a very popular place for family outings during the
Idul Fitri holiday.

According to the park's management, every day thousands of
visitors from Bogor, Jakarta and surrounding areas come to the
park for picnics.

On the second day of Idul Fitri alone, the official number of
visitors reached 17,484 people.

It's good business for the park, but for Kosasih holiday
season means that he has to spend extra time and energy cleaning
up the area.

"I could collect around 20 bins of ticket stubs a day from the
main entrance gate alone during the holiday period because
visitors throw them away as they pass the gates," he said.

He complained that a lot of other litter is also thrown by
visitors onto the roads.

"Can you imagine how much litter I have to clean up everyday?
Visitors just throw their garbage wherever they want without
bothering to put it in the trash bins that have been provided
nearby. They seem to have no discipline at all," Kosasih said.

He added that the attitude of local visitors was very
different compared to foreigners. Foreigners would try to throw
their garbage into a trash bin, or would keep their garbage in
their bags until they found one.--JP