Queen's birthday

If we did not 'litter pick' around our village we would be knee deep in Macdonalds rubbish - we live at the exact distance from the Macdonalds drive thru when people finish their happy meals - grrrrrrrr. Who on earth do these people think is going to clear their garbage (presumably the same people who leave bags of dog poo hanging on fences?)

The council are responsible for cleaning up the streets but we are responsible for making sure we don't drop litter in the first place and that we teach children that it's wrong.

The Queen's suggestion for her birthday would be lovely for everyone. We recently travelled from one end of the UK to the other and depressingly there was nowhere which was clear of rubbish.

It is not anyone else's job to clear up after others since we are all capable of tidying up after ourselves. It has got into such a state now that it will be a mammoth task to clean up the country but it is not impossible.

I recently followed a lorry transporting rubbish which wasn't properly covered and there was rubbish flying off in all directions. [sngry]

Council workmen do periodically clean the pavements and gutters round here. However, when I see any litter or weeds outside our house I clear it.

When I take my dog out in the morning, I pick up any litter I see on the way, and my neighbour also clears our part of the road every morning. I thought that, rather than get angry about litter, I might as well do something myself and not feel so powerless.

People here tend to moan about the refuse collectors (who I think do a pretty good job and who are not responsible for most of the mess) or the council (who I think are also brilliant in regularly clearing rubbish), but it's often the same moaners who won't even pick up a crisp bag or a cigarette packet from outside their own gate.

It might be the Borough Cleansing Department!s job to pick up litter, but it's our job not to drop it in the first place
I will willingly pick up cans or crisp packets etc etc as I walk Grace through the village play area and drop them in the bin, but would like to point out that the said bins are within a few feet of where the litter has been dropped.
And while I do not wish to sound judgemental, it is usually around the picnic table where some of the young mums sit after school comes out while the children play on the swings and slide.
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Great idea your Maj, but sad that she has had to request this. It is the responsibility of each individual to pick up their own litter, but sadly not a lot do. It's the LA's responsibility to empty the bins and keep the streets and pavements etc. clean. I occasionally pick up litter within reason, but sometimes you don't know what it is or what it contains. Yesterday, abandoned in a lift, there was a half filled cooking oil bottle which definitely did not contain oil We have an annual beach clean up and marigolds are worn! Always amazes me that folk can bring everything bar the kitchen sink to the beach, but seem incapable of taking any of it home with them - or place the rubbish in the strategically place bins.

I agree Alea - when there's a bin almost within arm's reach, why do people throw their cans and others rubbish on the ground?