Stop that litter lout!

It doesn't help when certain motorhomers and caravanners themselves dump their rubbish as a number of semi permanent parkers unfortunately do, in a quiet cul de sac, just off the coast road, not far from where I live. As a motorhomer myself, it infuriates me as we often get tarred with the same brush and of course it encourages others to do the same. Late last year a brand new motorhome parked there overnight and next morning there was a large KFC box dumped outside the door.  Next day the motorhome had gone but the KFC box was left behind.  Why leave it as they would have been passing numerous rubbish bins so could have simply put it in a bin?

Contract it out to private companies they will soon be "in profit"if their litter police are also given a bonus 

Was  there  not  a  report recently  of  a  lady  being  harried  by  an  employee  of  one  of  these  Private  Anti - Litter  companies.  She  had  had  the  brass  neck  to  tip  a  piece  of  grit  out  of  one  of  her  shoes  and  not  put  it  into  a  litter  bin  !!  Disgrrrrraceful  !!

Driving south on the A1 last week, the nearside verge & central reservation was full of litter ..... loads if it. I can think if places at home that are just far enough from local takeaways that their food has been eaten & the boxes get thrown from the car windows. If councils/police had wanted to do something about it they could've made a start a long time ago.

Who mentioned dog fouling?  🤔

Careful what you wish for! I detest littering, of any kind. A lot of LAs now have Public Space Protection Orders in place. A good idea if they were managed correctly, with well trained staff able to educate, and monitor as well as issue fines. Sadly, most LAs tend to contract out, and some of the companies are very nasty indeed. The prime motive is to punish first, get the cash in to pay for the contracts, and there is a lot of bad feeling and unnecessary tension created in how these pspo's are managed.

Personally? The fines are not great enough, should be a lot higher. But employ sufficient people, train them properly, and do away with the "for profit" mentality. 

The underlying problem with most anti social behaviour, littering, dog poo, drinking, speeding, spitting, swearing, driving while phoning,etc...There is no longer enough staff around to have a presence to deter it. Not enough staff patrolling streets, parks, local neighbourhoods, roads. And when was the last time anyone saw a policeman patrolling a town centre? All ours are busy arresting tree loving pensioners, and home owners trying to protect their homes from fracking!

Plastic poo bags dumped at the side of footpaths is litter - who mentioned dog fouling?

I've heard it all now. On tonight's news one person interviewed suggested that school should be primarily responsible for tackling the issue. Yes, they should play a part, an important part in my view, but one that is secondary to parental and societal support and action backed up by appropriate funding and fines.

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At this time when most/all local councils are facing cutbacks in services, raising spot fines for littering gets my vote. Actually enforcing it is the hard part as most of the litter in our local country lanes is thrown out of cars on the way home from a night out.