Welshtel
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I’ve just read an article that says it costs £850M a year to clear up roadside litter from people throwing stuff from their cars etc. That’s just the bill for England alone. I’ve noticed lately and as we have been going along in the car we have talking about the mess that is on the vèrges, hard shoulder, hedgerows etc. It really is scruffy and irresponsible. Our housing estate is also getting bad with people tossing wrappers and rubbish anywhere they want.
This is costing us all money. Our council tax and main taxes have to be used to clear up after the dirty and thoughtless people that have no conscience about it. The practice harms wildlife and the impact on tourists and visitors is great. We had a lady from Wisconsin in the USA staying with us a few years ago and she said that she thought Britain’s was a dirty place. I was offended and taken aback and resented her ‘honesty’. BUT THE LADY WAS RIGHT AND SINCE THEN I’VE WOKEN UP TO THE TRUTH. BRITAIN IS DIRTY and we need educating before it gets much worse. We are talking about a beautiful country becoming a rubbish dump.
There are a few peripheral problems too, like lorries carrying waste that don’t put nets over the backs of their vehicles, allowing their waste to blow off, one of the classics of course being the hay lorries that spread hay all over the road. Where are the environmental police? There aren’t any, it seems. As you stop by traffic lights on the roads, look at the McDonald’s wrappers, cartons etc, coke cans and food containers by the side of your vehicle.
WHATS THE ANSWER? Do we even care?
I for one would like to see a major campaign to catch people throwing litter. I’d like to see a private company employed to catch and fine people heavily for litter. One that would put money into the councils coffers to spend on a cleaner environment. A campaign that shows on TV people tossing their litter being caught and fined.
CLEAN UP SCRUFFY BRITAIN.
This is costing us all money. Our council tax and main taxes have to be used to clear up after the dirty and thoughtless people that have no conscience about it. The practice harms wildlife and the impact on tourists and visitors is great. We had a lady from Wisconsin in the USA staying with us a few years ago and she said that she thought Britain’s was a dirty place. I was offended and taken aback and resented her ‘honesty’. BUT THE LADY WAS RIGHT AND SINCE THEN I’VE WOKEN UP TO THE TRUTH. BRITAIN IS DIRTY and we need educating before it gets much worse. We are talking about a beautiful country becoming a rubbish dump.
There are a few peripheral problems too, like lorries carrying waste that don’t put nets over the backs of their vehicles, allowing their waste to blow off, one of the classics of course being the hay lorries that spread hay all over the road. Where are the environmental police? There aren’t any, it seems. As you stop by traffic lights on the roads, look at the McDonald’s wrappers, cartons etc, coke cans and food containers by the side of your vehicle.
WHATS THE ANSWER? Do we even care?
I for one would like to see a major campaign to catch people throwing litter. I’d like to see a private company employed to catch and fine people heavily for litter. One that would put money into the councils coffers to spend on a cleaner environment. A campaign that shows on TV people tossing their litter being caught and fined.
CLEAN UP SCRUFFY BRITAIN.
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