[lettie]

I completely agree with everything said on here. It is sad to come home after travelling to places such as Singapore and Hong Kong where it is heavily populated and litter free, to see our Aldi bags stuck in trees, shog dite on the pavements and rubbish blowing in the breeze.

I think that over the years some people have begun to think that littering is acceptable and that nobody minds. There are laws against littering in this country but it is as rare as rocking horse manure that they are enforced. The community wardens would have been well placed to slap fines on people for littering (including kids). Not only would it have paid their salaries but would have contributed towards clean up costs.

Takeaways and off licences should be made to do their bit by adding costs to the products they sell and refunding for the return of the packaging. We never used to see all of this glass on the streets when you got a 5p refund back on the bottle.

I was lucky enough to witness the Hong Kong system when a hapless Brit dropped some litter outside the airport. A gun carrying policeman came at him and extracted a $600 on the spot fine. It was either pay up or go to jail until somebody pays up for you. The policeman then made the man pick up his rubbish and put it in the bin (less than 6 metres away). Needless to say I was peeing myself laughing all the way into town. If only that happened here..........