[Margaret Pilkington]

I know when we were at school (yes, it WAS in another century) we didn't get detention for punishment....we got litter picking duties. I think we were more conscious too, of not discarding litter just anywhere.....there used to be adverts on TV.....'Don't be a litter bug' and there was one with a gang of teenagers picking up litter and they were called the 'Litter Defence Volunteers'. Maybe we should start to educate children that it is not cool to just drop your litter anywhere......bring back the slogan 'Find a bin and put it in'