奥巴马就职典礼仪式后，100吨垃圾遍地

满 江 红

The scene looked more like the leftovers of a massive college frat party.

Heaps of plastic bottles, food wrappers, soda cans, and newspapers, which blanketed the National Mall Wednesday morning, were a stark contrast to the stateliness and splendor of President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony a day before.

One hundred tons of trash were collected by city and federal sanitation workers, according to Department of Public Works public information officer Linda Grant.

In comparison, 40 tons of garbage were collected in New York City's Time Square on New Year's Day 2009 -- after one million people attended the celebration -- according to the city's Department of Sanitation.

Grant said Washington's massive inaugural cleanup effort began at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

"By 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, we collected about 90 tons of the garbage," she said.

Early estimates of the crowd ranged as high as two million, though the National Park Service and Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty have now put that number at 1.8 million -- the largest inaugural crowd the city has ever seen.

The cleanup area extended well beyond the National Mall and parade route, city sanitation workers said.

Approximately 300 workers assisted in the effort. The city used 20 mechanical street sweepers and 12 trash packers to compress the garbage, Grant said.

"We also had 12 leaf vacuums to rake trash into the curb space and then suction it up, which worked really great," she said.

And giant septic trucks took to the streets in the wee morning hours, suctioning waste inside the 7,000 portable toilets used during the inaugural festivities. Many of the toilets were placed on flatbed trucks to be cleaned and then later reused.

Grant said that the largest bulk of garbage was left behind by vendors selling President Obama souvenirs -- though she said there was a wide range in items left by inaugural revelers.

"There were even people's sleeping bags," she said.

Grant, who was pleased with the speed of the cleanup effort, said she was surprised at how successful it was given the unprecedented number of people who braved the frigid temperatures to celebrate.

"I got a call earlier today from one of our residents who wanted to let me know that she went out on the Mall yesterday and said 'Linda, it was immaculate.'"

满 江 红

O8就职100吨，纽约新年40吨，天安门升旗5吨，中国任重而道远啊，太不堪了，差这么多。

加拿大老张

查查有几十吨垃圾是奥巴马的干儿子干女儿们干的?:laugh:

爱心幼儿园

感觉国内老百姓很多人还是很注意保护环境的了，如果总统就职典礼上有天安门广场那么多人，广场还不得被垃圾填埋了。

稀泥派 老刘

其实老满想说明的就是是集会都他妈会有垃圾。。呵呵呵。。。和制度无关

满 江 红

乱扔垃圾确实不好，要改进。不过见不得狗粮们动不动就中国人如何如何。这方面表现最好的日本人都能找出公共场合成堆垃圾的照片。就身边，多伦多DOWNTOWN很多集会过后什么状况大家又不是不知道。

讨厌汉奸

美分党敢说上几句吗？借他们100个胆都不敢！

一块

正常，接近两百万人在胜选后的狂欢聚会，随意扔垃圾可以表达喜悦，狂欢的心情。

Orientspear

其实老满想说明的就是是集会都他妈会有垃圾。。呵呵呵。。。和制度无关
稀泥派 老刘 发表于 2013-10-4 17:18 http://bbs.51.ca/images/common/back.gif

呵呵，是人都会有这些事。不像某些人，习近平放个屁说是臭的，奥巴马放个屁就非要证明是香的。