Roadside Litter Options

[TeeHeeHee]

That was an amazing project, Ron. Imagine those organizers in politics, "Yes, we did,"

[TeeHeeHee]

Benny, did you pick up your dog' s..t??

Maybe Benny's dog was trained.

[Heather]

Ron, that was very interesting, but what did they do with all the garbage they collected??

I assume they had a proper garbage dumping area where it could all be correctly disposed of.

I wish the dog owners around where I live had a dog as clever as the one in the above picture because those people don't clean up after their dogs.

[wee davy]

. Not many folk were overweight either.

Aye Melody - the GUID AULD DAYS lol We were awe like bliddy Lowry matchstick men! Skin & bone hauf the time. I'm sorry, but I most certainly do not long for the days when it was a choice between beans ON toast - or beans UNDER toast! (And that wiz oan a GOOD day!)

[Melody]

Beans on toast Davy? At least that was much more nourishing than what folks eat from take aways today and then disgard the containers in the streets. People grazing all day is not the way forward either. As for the good auld days ah'm not old enough to remember them.

[wee davy]

hahahaha Melody, I wasn't suggesting you were!
Your of course are bang on about the muck devoured these days.
Did you see the picture of a Double McBurger & fries which a woman had kept in a cupboard for over a year? It looked as yummy as when she had fed the other one to her son! lol

I kid you not.

[angel]

Maybe Benny's dog was trained.

Where is that school T. maybe the dog owners should be sent there.

[**Angel Eyes**]

I agree. There are too few litter bins in the streets, and the one's that are there are usually full to capacity and spilling out - hence the need for a LOT more litter bins. The on-the-spot fine has certainly worked for us unfortunate smokers, so why not the same system for dropping litter? The money could be spent on litter bins throughout Glasgow.

[Paulk]

I agree. There are too few litter bins in the streets, and the one's that are there are usually full to capacity and spilling out - hence the need for a LOT more litter bins. The on-the-spot fine has certainly worked for us unfortunate smokers, so why not the same system for dropping litter? The money could be spent on litter bins throughout Glasgow.

The Council have recently removed almost all the litter bins in Dennistoun, to save money on the labour costs of emptying them no doubt. The only ones that remain are on Duke St and Alexandra Parade. the problem with this is that when people have been into Greggs, Subway or any other take away they don't consume their purchase outside the shop they often walk and eat at same time. You can guess what happens to their litter when they have finished. Well since there is no bins it gets dropped in the street.
I live in between the 2 said streets and I have noticed a significant increase in the litter in my garden. I'd say about a full black bag a month. thats not even mentioning the additional litter in the street. I really want to take my black bag and dump it outside the city Chambers, I'd probably get fined though. Funny how its always spotless there. I realise the Councils need to make cutbacks just now, and they don't seem interested in getting rid of any high earners but these high profit-making takeaway should be made to pay more towards the Street cleaning.

Paul

[Scots Kiwi Lass]

Re litter bins. Christchurch streets are reasonably clean but one problem the Council has is that people regularly take their household rubbish to the bins in parks, outside shops, etc., with the result that they are constantly overflowing. A friend of mine works for the Council and they often check through the worst bins, looking for any hints that could lead them to the culprits.

Near where I live is a small block of shops (about 10), with offstreet parking. There's a cycle shop, takeaway & fish'n'chip shop, dairy, hairdresser and a few others. The owner of the dairy used to have a bin outside but it was set fire to twice, so he had it removed. Now, the only bin is further away on the footpath at the bus stop. As you can imagine, the rubbish near to the dairy is pretty awful. Also, there is a large real estate office and it seems all their agents smoke, dropping cigarette butts in the gutter of the car park. The area is a right mess and not one of the shop owners seem to pick up the rubbish, though it must be affecting their businesses, you would think. As it is not on the road, it is not the Council's job to clean it up.

The other day, I was disgusted to see that in our small local supermarket, someone had very generously deposited an ancient indescribable settee beside a charity collection bin for clothes. How mean can people be? A number of the charity stores (Salvation Army, for one) have the same problem - people dump old rubbishy furniture at their door after hours. It costs the S.A. mega-bucks each year to take this rubbish to the dump. Some people have no decency at all.

[Scotsman]

Now that Glasgow's chest is quite rightly bursting with pride about the approach of the next Commonwealth Games is there any chance that the council might arrange for all the trash spewed across the motorway verges in and out of the place to be cleaned up?
On a recent trip home the first thing that hit me was how much rubbish is strewn along the M8 and M74. The place look's like a midden and when the Commonwealth nations fly in, all those first time visitors are not going to be impressed.
Of course it doesn't say much for the drivers who clearly think that flinging fish and chip wrappers etc out of the car window is acceptable.

They will probably do it the week before the events start.... and they probably will call the young people who are drafted in do it apprentices!! Lookout for a big full page splash story in the Evening Times nearer the time!!