Roadside rubbish

We live in the country. We live 2 miles from a village. Monthly we carefully empty our ditch of beer cans (nearest shop 4 miles), coke cans (only 2 miles), burger wrappers ( 5 miles).

Take your rubbish home !!

my god i could rant on this one.........................................................................

ideas ?????

 

I can sympathize with you MOL.

We live in the country, but people around here look after it. Where I lived before was in the country in North Cheshire and people used to dump all sorts of rubbish down the lanes, from beer bottles and cans to mattresses and broken up wardrobes.

Used to make us all mad as hell and just wishing be could catch the people responsible in the act. Bit like beaches. People just don't use them, they abuse them as well with litter and all sorts.

Would love to be able to take it back and dump the stuff in their houses and gardens.

 

I agree with you so much.

Last week I saw someone waiting in his car for a friend and he opened his car door & emptied the ashtray in the road. Then he unwrapped a pack of cigarettes & threw the cellophane out of the window. Right in front of our house, aaaaahhhhhgggg! And I don't live in the country but it does so annoy me.

cheers

 

The rubbish gets everyone annoyed,what annoys me, on holiday you see rubbish bins every few yards on the beach,but people still leave their rubbish,then it gets washed out to sea,and some poor creature tries to eat it,or gets tangled in it,

 

Dreadfull, Ive lost count of the amount of rubbush Ive found or mown over and in unlikely remote rural gardens.

 

god, you should see the amount of rubbish we sail past on long trecks - there should be nothing but animals and tranquility but no, watering cans, cans, plastic, plastic bottles... I could go on.... bloody nightmare.... and dont even gte me started on oil slick causing boats!!!

 

MOL I can so relate to your woes we live in a village that is surrounded by so many little lanes which is just ideal for litter bugs thankfully though the council moves the stuff very swiftly so the eyesore doesn't remind too long down the lanes although in most cases it's like swings and roundabouts...no sooner is one lot removed another load is deposited! :eek: Hel.xxx.

 

About 6 months back the our council began erecting huge green security gates on either end of all the entries in the town. Because the entry at the back of our row is so small we had to petition to have them put there. Now that it's there a handfull of the residents seem to think it's ok to leave their rubbish there! I don't understand their logic! Me and one of the other neighbours have been going out every so often and clearing up, but Mr Mac tells me not to bother, he's right really, why should I watse my time? It even seems that once we've cleared up they think they'd better 'decorate' it with some new cra*! I would love to catch one of thewm in the act, they obviously know they're in the wrong and do it when no one is about! At the moment there's a couple of bin bags, half a couch and a work-bench! And it's only a small entry! I worry we'll end up with rats!

 

I forgot to add that we used to live in Switzerland. Once driving someone back to the airport my guest said "Why is it do clean,but you never see anyone clearing all the mess up ?"..................my reply was quick and blunt "Its not cleared up, because no one throws it out of cars to be cleared up by someone else !!"

PEOPLE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ,,,AAARRRRGGGGHHHH

 

Ahhhh dont set me off. We have to put up with people Throwing their chip papers,trays empty cans,you name it. Not locals but football fans cricket fans and concert goers on the way to the grounds. The council attempt to clear it all up, but its a never ending cycle. What does it take to put your rubbish in the bin. When my kids were young, I was forever having to empty their coat pockets of sweet wrappers etc because they were taght never to litter. I find all decency values disappearing, nobody seems to give a damn anymore. 02

 

I know where you are coming from 02 both our two boys were brought up the same sweeties in the mouth and wrappers in the pockets, I now have to train our little niece to do the same as all her family just eat and throw..... it's a learning curve but she is getting there! Hel.xxx.

 

I get very annoyed with this situation,we live approx 3 miles from a council tip wich is in the contry,I have seen people miss time there run to the tip only to "fly tip" there rubbish alongside the road in the contryside,instead of going to the tip on another occation.
SAD PEOPLE!!!!!!

 

You can get free software to work with a PC that uses a webcam and could look for movement in your garden (litter being thrown in or intruders) or watch a spot (if it's visible) where people may fly tip. It can record the images or video. For locals dropping litter maybe printing out their photo and asking them to clear up their litter should worry/embarass them into stopping and as for cars chucking things out the window forwarding the registration to the police may get a result.