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Waste & drainage: the flood connection
Choked gutters cause floods. What to do about dumping, burning and blocked drains.
Why waste = floods
A single choked gutter can flood a whole street. Plastic dumped in drains today is the flood in your living room next rainy season.
Do
- Report choked gutters and illegal dumping — assemblies act on clustered reports.
- Bag household waste; use registered collectors.
- Organise a monthly street clean-up before the rainy seasons.
Don't
- Burn waste — it's illegal in built-up areas and the smoke is toxic.
- Dump into drains 'because everyone does' — report the dump site instead.
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