Tags for Forum Posts: rubbish
I've noticed that there is more litter hanging around for longer since the cut down to 'weekly' sweeping. I do pick up recyclables - plenty of beer cans around to drop into green bins. But I wont pick up fagbutts, and they are the most stomach-churning part of the waste on the High Road here especially around the station entrances. There needs to be highly visible bins at the top of each stairwell, but there isn't.
So, bring in the enforcers. There was an experiment with issuing on-the-spot fines which got some good publicity. £80 fines. One woman ended up with a huge bill for ignoring summonses. Stand at the top of the steps at Seven Sisters tube entrances for ten seconds and there's an easy catch. If we can't manage this ourselves with in-house cops of any flavour, then it can't be outwith the connections in the Council to hire in some private squads which surely must pay for themselves?
One citizen made an FOI request re Haringey's total littering fines last year, but sadly the spreadsheet supplied in answer has disappeared, presumably in the web upgrade.
The other day I saw a schoolboy drop and crush a polystyrene fast food container on the Wightman pavement..
I shouted from my 2nd floor window " You !!! Go back and pick that up "
Amazingly, he did
Cleaning up litter costs taxpayers almost £1 billion a year in England. The social and environmental costs take that figure even higher, as do the costs to business and tourism. I for one would rather see that money spent on schools and hospitals!
It's a shame that people feel so depressed and frustrated about litter but don't feel they can do anything about the situation. The groups we have worked with at CleanupUK have found that by mounting their own antilitter campaigns and yes picking some of it up themselves they have seen a reduction in the amount of litter dropped.
By setting a good example you will encourage others to do the same. It doesn't have to be this way. If any of you would like to start a Harringay Anti-litter group please give me a shout.
We can involve Veolia, the local shopkeepers, Councillors as well as residents - it's all of our problem, we can all be part of the solution.
Getting a contract with Veolia was the worst ever idea of Haringey. That aside I feel there is less dumping on the ladder since we no longer have through traffic. I guess there is no quick dump and get away and it implies that a large proportion of dumping was not by residents.
That sounds residential. Don't you think the streets are cleaner in general? Fewer bottles and crisp packets flying around?
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