To the editor:

When people throw trash in the street and let their dogs defecate on others’ property without picking it up with a bag, what makes you think this city’s ready for recycling?

Some vandalize mailboxes. Green living and recycling is for people who care about the environment. Trashing does not respect others’ property or the environment, nor does vandalism, nor does not taking care of your dog’s mess.

Why pretend Lawrence is trying to be green when it can’t even pass the “no littering” and “cleaning up after your dog” tests? Most dog owners do clean up after their dogs and most people do not litter, but yearly, I’ve had the experience of the other kind of people who do not. It gets old.

Mary Ann Kieffer,

Lawrence