beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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think bigger bins would have to part of the solution, but mainly enforcement of no litter by laws. no point having £1000 instead of £100, or even less, if its not seen to be enforced.
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[Brighton] What's your solution to Brighton's litter problem?
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I'm quite proud of that one. Been shared quite a lot.
Meanwhile, this isn't a council problem, and people shouldn't be making out it is. They are the ones who do actually clean it up. This is a 'responsibility of the individuals' problem. They took the rubbish on the beach, they can take it off.
Speaking to a councillor today, the problem with litter patrols issuing on-the-spot fines (not a bad way of tackling it) is that they don't work after dark, and after dark is when the majority of the littering occurs.
Bottle deposits are a brilliant idea. It not only encourages folk to take them home, but also encourages people to collect those which are left behind and get the refund back themselves.
Bottle deposits, yes. Bins, specifically recycling bins, yes.
But the coding system could be problematic. Imagine if a seagull or some scheming neighbour pulled your rubbish out of the bin and you got fined for it.
What happened recently though? This hasn’t been a major issue before,?
Get the stewards at the entrances to beach to take the rubbish off of people before they go in. Brought sandwiches in cling film? Unwrap them and put the cling film in the bins with the stewards. Brought crisps and dips? Put the dip in one hand, crisps in the other, leave the wrappers/containers in the bin on the way in. Got a drink, down it and put the container in the bin before you get onto the beach. Don't want to hold your unwrapped food? Don't bring any - buy from the stores down there. Eat/drink at the 'store' and dispose of any rubbish before returning to your place at the beach.
Good work, I saw it on Twitter posted by Seagull 60 (Dave )
daveinplzen
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- Aug 31, 2018
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Well, its called tourist season. Issue gun/hunting permits?
Herr Ing Gull
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Herr Ing Gull
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Not sure it's all down to visitors. Hove Lawns was mainly local students .
SuperFurrySeagull
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People should be encouraged to take their bodies home with them at the end of the day, I think.
The city supermarket formats Sainsburys local, tesco metro have a lot to answer for. Supermarkets package stuff to protect it for a large weekly shop. No one does this in these smaller stores and the supermarkets use the same amount of packaging, which ends up left on our beaches, balanced on top or beside overflowing bins and ripped up by wildlife.
Anyone caught littering is sent to a Greta Thunberg rehabilitation centre.
We have people i cant remember what their job title is in Brighton who will follow someone smoking to see if they will just throw it on the ground or drain and issue a fine. Yet they are powerless when 11 tons of rubbish is left.
We have people i cant remember what their job title is in Brighton who will follow someone smoking to see if they will just throw it on the ground or drain and issue a fine. Yet they are powerless when 11 tons of rubbish is left.
- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,706
But absolutely nothing about the most effective suggestion of shooting the litter louts ! Bloody namby pamby liberals
We had a 4 week period during this crisis where no recycling rubbish was collected we have communal bins for everything else. 4 weeks and then they only took half of what we had built up. Guess where the other half ended up.
True, and people dropping litter can't all be from out of town.
But I would say anyone going onto the beach is visiting the beach, so the mocked up sign applies to everyone.