tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post2282668063054097378..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Litter along the Water of LeithCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-8802309809467665992011-03-19T19:27:06.723+00:002011-03-19T19:27:06.723+00:00Mimi - good for you and the pirates doing the litt...Mimi - good for you and the pirates doing the litterpick, sorry no-one stops to help!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-38041572040969912512011-03-19T19:26:36.176+00:002011-03-19T19:26:36.176+00:00Farfetched - how typical of today's majority w...Farfetched - how typical of today's majority way of thinking that the road crews mow right over the trash rather than removing it!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-28226959274372179322011-03-19T19:25:56.840+00:002011-03-19T19:25:56.840+00:00Lucy - yes it would be better to let the dog go aw...Lucy - yes it would be better to let the dog go away from the path and let the poo decompose, there are bins but not all along the walkway (due to access problems for bin lorries), and people are obviously too lazy to carry the bags. it's a big problem in all the green spaces in edinburgh and other places in the UKCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-19518834847557114772011-03-19T17:38:34.045+00:002011-03-19T17:38:34.045+00:00It always surprises me how comparatively little li...It always surprises me how comparatively little litter you see here, when the French really are the most terrible slobs in other ways.<br /><br />But what astonishes me is that people bother to carry bags, pick up their dog poo, then chuck the bags away! It would be better to let the poo decompose naturally than that. Are there not any dog poo bins or something? Are there any litter bins anyway? I can understand in natural places they can be a problem.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-60699313522373199572011-03-18T16:32:11.839+00:002011-03-18T16:32:11.839+00:00Oh Juliet! you tease us with the knowledge that pe...Oh Juliet! you tease us with the knowledge that people find curious things in the Water of Leith. Go on, tell us about some.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-50730470549777137322011-03-18T10:23:10.430+00:002011-03-18T10:23:10.430+00:00Litter is one of the things that gets me quite unr...Litter is one of the things that gets me quite unreasonably angry. Well done to you and all who volunteer.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-41872102146594383692011-03-18T04:14:52.742+00:002011-03-18T04:14:52.742+00:00Good to see the trophy is recycled - haha - I agre...Good to see the trophy is recycled - haha - I agree with Marvin - we can't even stop people littering!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-50103902054139930952011-03-18T03:20:16.821+00:002011-03-18T03:20:16.821+00:00Just gotta keep on picking up and preaching and ma...Just gotta keep on picking up and preaching and making it very easy to recycle and very costly to litter! In Washington State survey after survey has shown that the fear of a fine is the main thing that keeps people from littering - the MINIMUM fine is $100! (Not a whole lot of enforcement happens, but enough!)RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-67301412672690266512011-03-18T02:48:30.304+00:002011-03-18T02:48:30.304+00:00It really is difficult to know why people choose t...It really is difficult to know why people choose to litter, and as you say there are many sources of it. There is a fine for littering here but I don't know if or how often it is put into effect. Stewardship of the environment is taught in schools here ~ which is especially important since we live in an area where pollution can affect the rivers and sea first hand. Hopefully educating individuals will help! Good to know that you have a system working over there to help the environment of the Water of Leith.Glohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532995590131801962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-26645276186140774292011-03-17T19:31:13.475+00:002011-03-17T19:31:13.475+00:00It is the same here. We have a store down the stre...It is the same here. We have a store down the street. People have just enough time to scratch their lottery tickets before they pass. I pick up 15 or 20 every week.<br /><br />As soon as the snow goes, I will go out and clean up the winter's accumulation of trash. Other neighbors do the street sides. The same folks every year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-90639629340953064342011-03-17T17:09:54.564+00:002011-03-17T17:09:54.564+00:00every spring I have to clean litter from our irrig...every spring I have to clean litter from our irrigation ditch on our property. People up stream country club are the first on the ditch and they allow their trash to come downstream. I really hate cleaning up after others. I do it but it makes me mad! In Ohio you could be fined severely for littering..in Utah I see people throw things onto the road. People have been killed by running into trash on the freeways! Good for you for your stewardship of the river.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819844673551315071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-63147694206564662972011-03-17T16:58:50.006+00:002011-03-17T16:58:50.006+00:00Litter can be such a depressing problem. I mean, ...Litter can be such a depressing problem. I mean, how can we possibly solve larger problems when we can't even convince people to dispose of their trash properly?Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03374936227735741953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-21955506283947044922011-03-17T16:50:43.423+00:002011-03-17T16:50:43.423+00:00We have a similar problem in the New Forest. Every...We have a similar problem in the New Forest. Every time I walk the dogs I seem to come home with cans and bottles.Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-16617569974068409092011-03-17T15:52:19.674+00:002011-03-17T15:52:19.674+00:00Each year my CHAOS Productions pirates do the New ...Each year my CHAOS Productions pirates do the New York State Canal Sweep clean up ridding the canal and waterway of garrrrrrr-bage.<br /><br />We get a lot of waves from people amused to see pirates picking up trash.....but so far no one has stopped to help.<br /><br />It is heartbreaking what we find.Mimi Foxmortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572725659728049534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-17438685467347373512011-03-17T15:05:53.820+00:002011-03-17T15:05:53.820+00:00Amazing how people will treat the world as their p...Amazing how people will treat the world as their personal trash can. I try to remember taking some bags with me on walks around my house so I can pick up things that people throw out. The road crews mow right over the trash, chopping it into little pieces and throwing it everywhere, so it's best to get it before the mowers do.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-73088800278701014942011-03-17T14:55:07.924+00:002011-03-17T14:55:07.924+00:00The so-called Big Society in action? Fascinating s...The so-called Big Society in action? Fascinating stuff - until the politicians bag it for themselves and their own purposes. Make sure they don't.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.com