Today was my day off from studying so I have been to visit a little wood we call it Aunty's wood (so called after my aunt, who saved it from destruction!) The builders were supposed to build there but she organised a petition.
The children are now on holiday, and are coming here regularly into the little wood. They sit down on the bench, and sit there with their friends having a chat, which is great of course!Â
However, what I found the other day was a piles of plastic bottles, beer cans and crisp packets scattered about! It was terrible and in such a mess
Maybe older teenagers?
A bin was placed pricisely for this purpose at the entrance to the wood also signs saying 'Do not drop litter!'.
I think they are just too lazy to go back to the entrance (only about 20 steps away) to put their rubbish into that rubbish bin!
We thought maybe placing a bin inside the wood, but they tried that at the park, and the kids just emptied all the contents out of the bin, onto the grass near picnic benches, so there was even more rubbish strewn about in the park. The council finally removed this bin and now there are bins only at the entrance and exit.
It is sad really because it is a pretty, peaceful little wood and up until now it was nice and tidy. It is only since the schools broke up, that I have started to notice all this rubbish appearing.
We have arranged a litter picking day tomorrow. We will go to Aunties wood first wearing gloves and pick up all the plastic bottles, beer cans and crisp packets. After that we will also go litter picking at the park as well.
I just hope the kids will get the message this time! 🚮
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Hi Gill
I'm afraid I am not one for picking up litter when we have perfectly 'good' council workers to do that. However, they don't and my town is a disgrace. What i do is contact my local MP, alongwith photos, he always responds quickly to emails and he gets the job done ASAP.
I think it comes down to Lazy Foreman then leads to Lazy workers.
Actually it was in our little local monthly magazine a couple of months ago that we were actually forbidding to do a litter clean up - wait until further notice we were told.
Judith
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Hi Judith,
Thank you for your comments that is very useful. I probably should approach the council with my complaints and take photos too.
Gill
I hope so....
But I wouldn't count on it. One problem we have is the dog walkers. They bring the little pooh bags for their dogs, but then can't be bothered actually carrying it back to the bins so they leave the bagged pooh on the side of the trail. At least if they left unbagged pooh it would eventually get rained on, stepped on, covered with leaves and snow and human footfalls. The bags just live on - keeping the pooh penned.Â
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Hi Barbara and Judith,
Thank you both for your comments. The main point is that children or young people ought to put their litter in the bin and not leave it lying about.
I always taught my kids to put rubbish in the bin and not on the floor. We have to teach our kids to respect the environment.
Gill
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We also have to lead by a good example. 🚮
Gill