New Anti Litter Campaign unveiled
Litter louts could face £100 fines in an effort to clean up our filthy streets. Ministers are also considering forcing shops and businesses to keep the public space around their premises free from rubbish.
Also chewing gum may be taxed in a bid to clear the costs of removing it from pavements. Ministers are expected to announce the Anti Litter strategy during the Conservative Party Conference next week. ------------------- What do you think? Will it really make a difference? I don't think so. If people are disposed to drop litter including gum, they'll continue to do so. |
Phew - I thought this was to stop dogs breeding. :hehe:
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Taxing chewing gum.. yeah that's a great idea to stop littering :rolleyes:.
All it'll do is mean that poor people that chew gum will be 20p or so worse off. Big woop |
i thought chewing gum is biodegradable?
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Indiscriminate disposal of 'chewed' gum is one of the most heinous crimes there is and offenders should be guillotined in public.
It litters pavements, is stuck to seats on public transport, taxis, pubs, clubs and restaurants, and I have even found a very expensive Reference book in a Public Library which had two pages stuck together with the damn stuff. I use chewing gum, but either wrap used gum in the wrapper and drop it in the nearest bin, or swallow it. Guillotine those who litter with it, and I shall have a ringside seat where I will do my knitting until the coup de grace. :evilgrin: |
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I got strong views on this - but need a bit of fact ? can you give me a link to story and I will get to work ? |
Well they need to get more litter bins in place and more to the point make sure they are emptied regularly too then.
A lot of litter I see on any streets has been blown out of a litter bin anyway. These Ministers in this govt, hammered the last Labour govt for their interfering and petty new laws, these are even worse. |
I think it's a good idea,I have a thing about litter louts,they are lazy and thoughtless.Do they realize the damage they can cause? no,as I said thoughtless, animals can die through our thoughtlessness and I've sat on chewing gum,it's disgusting.I notice Joey,you mentioned bins,we have several where I live and there is still litter on the floor just inches away,it's so annoying,why cant people just bend down and pick it up,I don't understand that:shrug: I have taught my kids to bin their litter it's not hard,it also makes the place look untidy,people just don't care it seems.
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I think if anyone is seen dropping litter, by all means have some authority telling them to pick it up, fining them £100,I am not sure about that one. Unless there are plenty of bins available and duly emptied too. You are fortunate to have so many bins where you are, I had some litter in my hand the other day and in a city centre I walked over 15 minutes before I found a bin, and then had to squash the papers in it as it was so full. It isn't the same everywhere. So unless the conditions are right and things in place, then I don't agree with fines just for fining sake |
..I agree with Joey in that I'm uncertain about the fine, I'm really not with fines in general for many things and think it should 'fit' with the littering and those found littering would be better doing a litter picking community service time..our local town really doesn't have very many litter bins either ..so they need to be emptied much more than they are...
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I think this awful, greedy, government is looking to tax and fine anything and everything they can to get their greedy little paws on for more money, I doubt they give two hoots about the litter or chewing gum. It's pettiness and not the answer. They are the governemt for goodness sakes and that's all their petty little brains can come up with or discuss on their fat backsides. I don't know the answers but I sure as heck would be earning my money in their places to find better solutions than this c**p government can. What are they going to tax and fine next instead of finding solutiions to bigger problems needing addressing.
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Those daft ones round lampposts are even more ridiculous, you can hardly get anything in there. Also I tell you what I am seeing more and more, is since household bin collections have been reduced to fortnightly, that bags of rubbish are now being put in the public litter bins, thereby filling them up even more quickly. |
What's the point in this campaign? The streets are already ruined. Plus, if they were spick and span then road workers would be out of a job.
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Well said and it is what this govt said about the last one on fining this and that, now it is doing worse. |
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It's just really sad you have to force things like this instead of people just being respectful to the earth they live on/other people
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So it seems most people are saying leave things alone to the government and let us do what we want? This is why there is rubbish and dog ****e everywhere as people just do as they want,when was the last time you knew anyone fined for leaving their dog poop on the floor? it's just a frightener in the hope people will listen,but they wont,they are far above that , so lets live in a litter infested ****ty place, we cant have people punished for polluting the place.
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As to if there are enough bins or not, well, your litter, your responsibility, take the rubbish home and bin it, how ruddy hard can that be.:shrug: My biggest gripe is the people that go to the beach of the countryside for a picnic, then leave their rubbish behind. :rant: |
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I think we are a lot better than France at picking up dog ****. The streets over there are like a bloody obstacle course and the crazy thing is, they have more poo bins and have little bag dispensers on the lids too, which is more than we have. In their defence though, its still pretty normal to let their dogs take themselves for a walk!
We do need to teach our children that its not okay to drop rubbish. Like Kazanne, I raised my children to understand that dropping rubbish wasn't acceptable and if there was no bin to be found, to just put it in their pocket till they got home. Perhaps schools need to reinforce this and encourage children to have a conscience about where they discard their rubbish? Yes for more bins and definitely yes for shop keepers keeping the outside of their shop clean. They do that right across Europe so why not here too. |
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