Sunday, August 1, 2010
Are flyers like Chewing Gum? Should they be banned?
As we walk around Singapore, we can always see flyers on the floor or near dustbin areas. Some people giving out flyers in public will give it to the passersby and these 
passersby will just throw the flyers away if they do not feel like the information stated in the flyer is related to them and this will cause a mess in the areas.I feel that there is no need to ban flyers as it is a method of companies to get to their audience and the responsibilities should be bear by those that received the flyers. These people should not throw the flyers anywhere they like even if they do not wish to look at it, they should at either reject taking the flyer or at least throw it inside a dustbin. These will then keep Singapore clean and will not create a mess like chewing gum. Chewing Gum was ban as they were sticky and people tend to stick them on seats, handles, etc to play a prank on others. But flyers could not be use to play a prank on others. Instead, if the advertisement on the flyer is printed on a side of the paper, people could use the paper as a rough paper even if they do not wish to read it or recycle it.
Also, flyers are mostly given out by old people and if it was really ban, these old people would loose their jobs. Companies will also loose a marketing method to get to their targeted audience. Therefore, there is no need to ban flyers like how the government have banned chewing gum. The government should instead educate the public on how to handle flyers properly if they wish to dispose it and these people should only take the flyers if they think that they would like to look at it.
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