[Romps]

I have in the past got my children to pick up litter outside our house, but closely supervised by me. I do agree that they should pick up litter but mainly their own which should not of course be dropped in the first instance. I draw the line at picking up lots of the stuff for a couple of reasons.............the health and safety of course, and the fact of I am always telling them I refuse to pick up things behind them so why should I encourage them to pick up other peoples rubbish. We should practice what we preach. Obviously a few crisp wrappers outside your house is ok because you want your home to be clean & litter free, but going all out to clean up an area because of other people's and the local council's incompetence is in my opinion not on.

A better way to involve the children would be for the council to pick up the rubbish and the children are able to see some sort of result from all the recycling that is done in our area. Not sure what but there must be some end result from all the recycling that could benefit the local children who are encouraged to recycle............maybe a park that has play equipment made from recycled refuse.