The riverside down in Eynsford used to be a nice place to sit and watch the world go by. Now it’s full of rubbish and yobs chucking water in people’s open top cars. Apparently a bride and groom coming out of the nearby church got a bucket of water over them too.
Having said that, I’m outside Cobham services at the moment and a group of kids around 12yrs old were just leaving and one of them left some rubbish on the table. The others had a right go at her and she put it in a bin.
Maybe there’s some hope with the next generation.
The bride is a former colleague with whom I'm still vaguely in touch. She seemed quite sanguine by the time she told me about it. Unwise of the perpetrator though - her husband is a soldier ( or was, I can't remember). I'd be storing some revenge up for that little twat, and I suspect he might.
Motorways is where I notice it most when I come over. All the verges are absolute packed with litter. I'm guessing councils and highway agencies have just cut the cleaners because it’s the same throughout the UK. Ireland is noticeably different but I think that’s mainly down to the Tidy Towns initiatives. Sad.
Seeing people drop litter is one of the occasions when I wish I was a double hard bastard who had the cojones to back up telling a scrote (or scrotess) to pick it up.
Ha ha but you don’t need to be a hard bastard. I remember my Dad once picking up something that was thrown out of a car window and throwing it back in, lol.
I have once or twice picked things up and taken them back to the person who dropped it, saying something politely like ’sorry but you dropped this.’
I did exactly that in Southwark Street, had two blokes in my face telling me where I could put it.
Apparently in Japan it’s considered that when you buy something like a chocolate bar you own it including the wrapper and it’s your responsibility for it…so it’s completely normal that people take the wrapper home with them and dispose of it there. Main reason everywhere looks so neat and tidy.
Apparently in Japan it’s considered that when you buy something like a chocolate bar you own it including the wrapper and it’s your responsibility for it…
If people can take stuff to a place, they can take the rubbish home with them, it's not difficult. Too many self entitled idiots who think it's somebody else's job to cleat up after them.
They go to a nice place because it's nice, then go and ruin it for others. If a bin is full take it home don't leave it piled up on the ground. Councils are strapped for cash so people shouldn't say it's their job, it needs everyone to take responsibility for their own actions.
I saw on tv that one council, can't remember where, is using AI to film vehicles from which litter is thrown and fining the owner. Apparently it has cut littering by quite a bit.
Roadside verges are a disgusting mess because low life scum throw out anything they don't want. Makes my blood boil.
What happens after games on match days these days with litter, anyone know? Does the council clear up with the club paying, or do charlton staff do it? I think there used to be an issue as it was something local residents raised when they got the chance I think.
Here's a picture of the valley from week before last, looking majestic, and notably (surprisingly?) no litter in sight. The trees are looking especially luscious too i thought.
Motorways is where I notice it most when I come over. All the verges are absolute packed with litter. I'm guessing councils and highway agencies have just cut the cleaners because it’s the same throughout the UK. Ireland is noticeably different but I think that’s mainly down to the Tidy Towns initiatives. Sad.
Sadly, the A21 that we use frequently , is a good/bad example of this. I'd love to take on a stretch of the road and make a difference but it's too risky of course. However, the local council do close parts of it overnight at times to tackle the worst of the litter but it's soon just as bad.
We often take a plastic sack & litter picker with us when we walk into Wadhurst or take the family dog out and the youngest grandkids enjoy helping during school hols, especially when there's an ice cream at the end of it.
A couple of summers ago we joined a group tackling part of the beach in Eastbourne which was very satisfying as well as decent exercise.
I'm afraid it is all over the country. The cause is everything that has been mentioned and more. Such a shame that even locally people do not clean up after their dogs, essentially shitting on their own doorstep.
I was in a services this weekend, and found a quieter place to sit outside. I'd finished my coffee and snack and looked around for a rubbish bin, not one in sight. I looked around the car park, none there either. The only bins were by the entrance. So I went out of my way to use them, but I did mention to my son not many people would bother and you could see the rubbish strewn about the car park.
Whilst some people might never use a bin, some are mainly lazy and any opportunity not to bother is taken .
We often walk into the countryside from our house, a few nice walks to the local pubs. One of these uses a little part of a country road. It amazes me how many beer cans, takeaway containers and soft drinks cans are thrown from car windows. It has come to the point where I take a plastic bag and litter picker with me to at least remove some of this before the farmer shreds it all whenever the verges are trimmed.
I think we need another keep Britain tidy push , people in general don't seem to care any more.
This caring is also true of keeping outside ones house tidy, just because the pavement it verge is not yours should not mean you cannot give it a sweep or trim once a week or so. It is always someone else's problem these days.
If people can take stuff to a place, they can take the rubbish home with them, it's not difficult. Too many self entitled idiots who think it's somebody else's job to cleat up after them.
They go to a nice place because it's nice, then go and ruin it for others. If a bin is full take it home don't leave it piled up on the ground. Councils are strapped for cash so people shouldn't say it's their job, it needs everyone to take responsibility for their own actions.
I saw on tv that one council, can't remember where, is using AI to film vehicles from which litter is thrown and fining the owner. Apparently it has cut littering by quite a bit.
Roadside verges are a disgusting mess because low life scum throw out anything they don't want. Makes my blood boil.
“Low life scum” sums it up for me, people that drop litter are a shit stain on society
I put anyone who litters in a category with sex offenders, burglars, thieves in general. The crimes are not glamorous victimless crimes they are shameful, scuzzy crimes that the perps are ashamed of themselves.
You can tell a lot about someone by their attitude to littering, flicking fag ends in the street, leaving their shit on a table in a fast food place, littering. Not returning their trolley at the shops, they are no better than animals and deserve to be treated as such.
I spend a fair amount of time working on roads, next to roads, in verges and the sheer volume of litter always disgusts me, if you get the pleasure of working next to an A road or motorway or even if you are lucky enough to break down on one of those roads have a glance at the amount of human strewn litter is there.
I detest government prodding and poking, the anonymous bureaucracy of speeding fines, of parking fines, fines for forgetting to pay the Dartford toll. All easy, clean and transactional. Heavily fine and publicly shame anyone seen littering. Beat them if necessary, I'd do it in my spare time if budgets are a concern.
Its a human-generated problem but its one that thrives because of a breaking of the social group contract and like most antisocial behaviour, it exists because it has been allowed to spread like a fucking yeast infection without consequence.
Apparently in Japan it’s considered that when you buy something like a chocolate bar you own it including the wrapper and it’s your responsibility for it…
It is here isn't it?
Technically - but it’s not ingrained in the culture like it is in Japan - people think differently …
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All the verges are absolute packed with litter.
I'm guessing councils and highway agencies have just cut the cleaners because it’s the same throughout the UK.
Ireland is noticeably different but I think that’s mainly down to the Tidy Towns initiatives.
Sad.
They go to a nice place because it's nice, then go and ruin it for others. If a bin is full take it home don't leave it piled up on the ground. Councils are strapped for cash so people shouldn't say it's their job, it needs everyone to take responsibility for their own actions.
I saw on tv that one council, can't remember where, is using AI to film vehicles from which litter is thrown and fining the owner. Apparently it has cut littering by quite a bit.
Roadside verges are a disgusting mess because low life scum throw out anything they don't want. Makes my blood boil.
Here's a picture of the valley from week before last, looking majestic, and notably (surprisingly?) no litter in sight. The trees are looking especially luscious too i thought.
We often take a plastic sack & litter picker with us when we walk into Wadhurst or take the family dog out and the youngest grandkids enjoy helping during school hols, especially when there's an ice cream at the end of it.
A couple of summers ago we joined a group tackling part of the beach in Eastbourne which was very satisfying as well as decent exercise.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLu3Tp4sJgN/?igsh=anM4dWdoemQxcGF6
You can tell a lot about someone by their attitude to littering, flicking fag ends in the street, leaving their shit on a table in a fast food place, littering. Not returning their trolley at the shops, they are no better than animals and deserve to be treated as such.
I spend a fair amount of time working on roads, next to roads, in verges and the sheer volume of litter always disgusts me, if you get the pleasure of working next to an A road or motorway or even if you are lucky enough to break down on one of those roads have a glance at the amount of human strewn litter is there.
I detest government prodding and poking, the anonymous bureaucracy of speeding fines, of parking fines, fines for forgetting to pay the Dartford toll. All easy, clean and transactional. Heavily fine and publicly shame anyone seen littering. Beat them if necessary, I'd do it in my spare time if budgets are a concern.
Its a human-generated problem but its one that thrives because of a breaking of the social group contract and like most antisocial behaviour, it exists because it has been allowed to spread like a fucking yeast infection without consequence.