public cleanliness

Community sanitary standards

Public cleanliness is the state of shared spaces being free from litter, waste, and unsanitary conditions.

The term encompasses both the physical condition of streets, parks, and facilities and the collective responsibility to maintain them: The city launched a campaign to improve public cleanliness.

It often appears in discussions of civic duty, health codes, and urban quality of life.

Related

garbage · sidewalks · trash · bins · streets · municipal · city ordinance · tidiness · waste · dustpan · power washing · graffiti · spotless · brooms · pristine · orderly · spitting · debris

Opposites
cleanliness vs. filth

public cleanlinessurban blight

Deterioration of city areas

environmental pollution · environmental degradation · urban decay · fly-tipping

public vs. private domain

public cleanlinesspersonal hygiene

Care of one's body

home maintenance

order vs. neglect

public cleanlinessurban decay

City infrastructure deterioration

public disorder · dereliction · public health crisis

Family

public, publicly, publics, publication, publish, publisher, publishing, publicize, publicist

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G