On 11 February 2008, the 'Cleaning Patrol' carried out the 'Municipal Cleanliness Survey', which is, in my opinion, the most comprehensive in Israel. 244 Rehovot, 180 km walking, counted 40,451 waste items, 30 yellow and 4 red cards were issued for waste in cities.
(Names of the surveyed cities, customer and results will be published in the future).
Let's start at the beginning
The customer's request was complex and full of questions:
Do you have a method for conducting such a survey? Are the results inconclusive? How long the survey will last and more and more.
And I looked back at the great work done in the field of surveys in recent years, and I drew from it the ability to say, "The survey is organized, reliable and presents clear results ."
Now that the full report of the survey and its results have been submitted, I would like to present here the method for conducting the survey.
why?
In the hope that many will adopt the system and idea and assimilate this survey in their districts.
It is clear to me that the method can be stolen and that my competitors can use it, but for me, this reality is profit and not loss.
I am faithful to the original vision of a cleaning patrol, and it is "improving and maintaining the level of cleanliness in Israel as is customary in Western countries." It is clear to me that I am only a soldier in this campaign and that others should be allowed to use the accumulated knowledge.
If the information published here by the culture of cleaning surveys will become part of the municipal culture in Israel in the coming years, and as a result the level of cleanliness will rise, wages are paid.
A heartfelt thanks,
I would like to thank a few figures who walk by me and without them the survey was not accurate, qualitative and profound.
Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science (iclean.org.il) about years of joint walking along the way, the important notes for each program and document, and the repeated examination of the survey methodology. Thanks Ron.
My older brother, Gonen Eshel, who helped analyze the data,
To my wife, to all the worry around.
Urban cleaning survey
The goal
To examine, through objective tools, the level of cleanliness in the large cities.
The surveyor attempts to simulate the route of a tourist or a resident of the city, and in the course of a route, to experience the feelings of the tourist or resident in view of the presence of waste items on his way. The route includes: residential environment, commercial areas, work, tourism, parks, playgrounds and main roads.
Test days
In each city, three days of inspection were carried out, each day a different 'neighborhood and street sequence' was selected and surveyed.
In the same city each day, morning and evening routes were carried out and these routes are identical in order to improve the reliability of the examination.
Working method
Monitoring -
A surveyor performs a walking trail on the sidewalks of the city, during which he lists the waste items around him. At the end of the track, a simple calculation is performed for a clear presentation of the result.
Preparation -
The reviewer installs an applet on your mobile device that allows you to follow the walking route and view it as a map.
The surveyor is equipped with a meter meter for the purpose of counting waste items.
Numero Meter - Used for data collection
(Urban cleaning survey Photo: Tomer Eshel - Cleaning patrol)
Route -
Monitoring is carried out while walking at a regular pace on the sidewalks of the city. During the survey trail, waste items are located up to 4 meters away.
Each lane takes two and a half hours and is spread over 10 kilometers of sidewalks.
(As stated, each track was performed twice a day and in total daily: five hours of survey over 20 kilometers).
Setting a route
The choice of neighborhoods is based (as much as possible) on a socio-economic mix that is derived from the CBS maps (see the State of the Society Report, A Look at the Big Cities, CBS publication, 2014).
Urban map based on socio-economic indices from CBS publications Used to determine the routes (urban cleaning survey, edited by Tomer Eshel, cleaning patrol)
* The city whose map is shown here did not participate in the survey.
Waste items -
The surveyor lists waste items that are the size of a plastic bottle cap and above.
We are counted as disposable tools, papers, plastic, furniture / electrical appliances / trimmings that block 1/2 pavement, various packaging, food scraps and peel, cigarette butts, graffiti, stickers, construction waste and animal waste.
Sample items: glass fragments, paper shreds, cigarette butts etc. 5 units only.
Not counted: mourning notices, PA stickers, bread for the poor, artistic graffiti and chewing gum.
Residues of food and drink were also counted. We will not count - bread for the poor.
(Urban cleaning survey Photo: Tomer Eshel - Cleaning patrol)
Waste Hazard (Yellow Card) -
The presence of a waste hazard (there is a precise definition table for waste hazards) is a serious problem due to a variety of social and environmental reasons, and therefore such a hazard is treated separately and exacerbated in the general assessment of the level of cleanliness.
The reviewer documents the location of the nuisance and its main contents, and in the summary of the monitoring there is a special column for waste hazards.
Dump (red card) -
The existence of a garbage dump (see definition) is evidence of poor management of the city's cleaning system, for many reasons. The surveyor documents the location of the dump and its main contents, and in the summary there is a special column for the landfill.
Setting up a landfill -
Ten or more waste hazards in one compartment. For this purpose, a graffiti waste is not included.
Yellow Card - The invention of a waste hazard is a serious problem
(Urban cleaning survey Photo: Tomer Eshel - Cleaning patrol)
In conclusion,
I feel like a surveyor and someone who has been involved in cleaning for more than 11 years. In many of the streets examined, the level of cleanliness is unreasonable and often low.
The captains and residents of the Land of Israel as a tourist country, including the cities under review, can not remain indifferent when a visitor here is expected to encounter a waste item every 4 meters on average (and 22 pieces of waste per 100 meters).
I hope that in the coming years institutional bodies, associations and private individuals will come together to remove the cleaning wagon from the mud in which it has been stuck for many years.
The use of the Municipal Cleanup Survey is part of this process and I hereby authorize anyone to copy, reproduce and use the information contained herein.