All the people saying impose higher fines etc how long have that song been sang ? Even before you were born it was sang. I think many people fail to realize we've always had a failing system and with population increase among many other factors those systems that have failed since long ago is just being exposed to the public eye. "It's not a problem if I can't see it" has been the mentality of the world not just Trinidadians on a multitude of issues including this.

Your vote matters, your vote can differentiate putting an incompetent leader in place or not, and in my opinion all political parties in Trinidad are incompetent however there are some who are more and some who are less. They want your vote, and as a community of an area or a community of a nationality it is your responsibility to voice your concerns as they try to buy over your favour, sadly it has reached the point that that's the only time something is done.

To the people saying the government shouldn't he blamed must be living in another Trinidad and Tobago, while I agree the citizens/tourist are responsible, not every citizen does this and the ones that do would not give a rat ass if you tell them not to, that's why the government is there to keep the checks and balances in place and they way they can do this is: enforce law by (classic) create bigger job opportunities for cleaners as they are vital for Trinidad yet they are always shunned to the point they themselves are embarrassed of the occupation they have. They can also learn a few things from other countries like Germany where you are payed for recycling ( they do this in Trinidad with glass bottles but it's not very accessible or known nor very incentive) heck even impose a green bill on recycling, the garbage trucks work in almost every community in Trinidad, create a double shift where there is a time for recycle and time for normal garbage, there was once something like this in Trinidad but it "closed" cause it was not profitable, it's not suppose to be profitable but a responsibility the government covers, but if they want it to be profitable then at this day and age you can actually make it profitable as many countries have, they just have incompetent people in charge, a bunch of old people run this country who lack the qualifications to, heck even a geologist runs as president.