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Is there any chance of getting all the rubbish in Accy' streets cleaned up on a regulat basis. Because some time ago I made the sweeping statement that Accy looked all lovely and clean from all the pics I had seen on this site, but Margeret Pilkington but me straight and let me know the truth and was sorry she had burst my bubble:D . What prompted me to ask is because today, Sunday, is National Clean up day in Australia when thousands of people go out and about in towns and cities and highways and pick up any rubbish they find. Not that there is much about but the bit there is is soon gone. They do it because of pride in their Towns etc and they don't care that it's some other clowns rubbish. So, any chance of anything happening like that in Accy?:engsmil: :D
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Terry I mentioned the National Clean Up day that they have over there in one of the posts. Personally I think it is a good idea, but wouldn't it be better if we could get people to respect the environment as if it were there own home and not throw the rubbish in the first place?
I remember years ago when we first started travelling to Oz....there used to be adverts on TV...'Don't rubbish Australia'.......it is good to see that the message got through. My Sister-in-law is coming over here for a visit in May.......she is going to have a shock when she sees the state of things. |
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:D Yes Margeret you're right. It's now firmly ensconced into the Ozzy mentality. You just don't see anyone chucking rubbish on the street any more. It took alot of hard work over the last few decades or so but it worked. If anyone sees any on the ground (at least where I live) it's snaffled up straight away and into the rubbish bin.
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Judging by the state of some people's homes they probably already do. |
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Yes Willow....I suppose you are right. I think if you live a fairly tidy and ordered life you tend to assume that other people do the same.......I'm not a slave to tidiness, but I do like some sort of order.
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We used to have government information films on television, infact we still do, mainly telling us about tax credits, they should start the litter lout campaign that used to be on in the seventies.
I'd still tell somebody off if I saw them dropping litter, especially when they do it near a waste paper bin. It drives me potty. |
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Neil if there was a 'National Clean Up' day like they have in Oz then maybe the efforts would be co-ordinated.......and more people would get involved...especially in their own locality. It is a really big thing over in Oz...the school children get involved and community groups.....it is well publicised and well organised.......and if there was a regular clean up day then maybe.......just maybe people would think twice before throwing their litter down willy-nilly.
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I don't think the Council can be blamed for the mess on the streets at all. It isn't the bin men or other Council workers who come out and drop litter there. Yes, they've made a pledge to clean up the mess but it's not them who put it there in the first place. If we could just get the message through to not drop litter or to ensure that al bin bags were tied thoroughly there wouldn't be a mess to tidy up.
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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'
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Stand by my original statement that the Council can't be blamed for the mess in the first place |
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There used to be a national spring clean week here in the uk, i know I've taken part, turned up on a saturday morning and walked the streets wombling. was great fun and i met some great people doing it. I never had the chance again , i was always working
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AND we have a litter warden, and they used the towns cctv, to help collect evidence, which i'm not so sure about. I think the cctv should be watching for worse crime than dropping litter. Not that i think it's rite or that people shouldn't be fined.
One issue with it that people did have was that they throw a lit ciggie down and put it out before going in a shop n they were getting 40 quid fines. BUT there is nowhere to put it out, or wasn't, there is now though, the fitted new bins with a stubber on the top. |
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The council can certainly be blamed for some of it. Willows Lane and Ormerod Street are at their worst often on "bin day" when the wheelie bins are emptied and most of the contents of at least one ends up down either Ormerod Street or Willows Lane or sometimes both. A great deal of it ends up in my front garden as it blows over the higher garden next door and then comes to a halt against my wall. The council refuse to remove it because it is on my property and consequently becomes my responsibility. That doesn't stop me ringing up to complain about the mess in the street though. A couple of weeks ago they had even dropped a pile (including a rotting chicken carcass) outside the backyard of an empty house. It is obviously bin contents and not general dropped litter like crisp packets etc.
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Now that I would pay to see.:D Underground, overground Wombling free. |
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I don't think you will, it'll just say it's their responsibility. They used to get rated on how many complaints they recieved but I dont think they even do that anymore.
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How many times have we seen at the same time as they are sweeping some ignorant sod dropping rubbish just where they have cleaned up? These guys are on the street already, give them the powers and let the funds from a fine work as a bonus, at least people wouldn't make their job as frustrating if they thought they ran the risk of an on the spot fine from the bloke working against the tide of ever increasing litter. :mad: |
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