A series of activities aimed at raising Beijinger's awareness about environmental protection kicked off recently.
The "A clean Beijing starts from me" campaign, is organized by Beijing Youth Daily and Wrigley's. The activities, which will run for two months, involve two main parts：a competition to design garbage bins for public areas in Beijing, and a clean-up-the streets activity, involving more than ten thousand primary school students,according to latest issue of Beijing Today.
All Beijingers are welcome to participate in the garbage bin design competition, which finishes on October 29. A prize of 3,000 yuan will be awarded to the person who submits the best design.
(People's Daily October 23, 2001)
