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I would imagine that if you did a quick straw poll with people who have sat in Dulwich Square, many do not live on the wealthy streets you refer to. And like most of Dulwich Village, it?s precisely because it?s a ?nice area? that it?s a destination for people from further afield. That?s how nice places work.

I think lots of people, including those who live in less affluent postcodes than se22 object to having anti social behaviour forced on them on their own doorstep. I also don?t see why it?s controversial.

This is a great thread, thank you. I?m sure most of us can look at your very helpful list and see areas where we can do more. I was thinking about giving the hedge in my front garden a good trim but may be I will leave it a while longer....

Sadly, there are too many people who just don?t care. Beats me too.

It also doesn?t help when they licence a street food market which is guaranteed to generate rubbish, and then not have enough waste facilities to deal with it. People are not going to take empty food cartons bought at a street market home with them. So all the surrounding bins get full.

It?s the same every weekend, probably because it?s en route from the Saturday market on north x road. I would report it to your councillor as it should be emptied after the market. James McAsh sorted out the bins on north x itself after I approached him, as they weren?t being emptied after the market and there was food waste everywhere for the rest of the weekend.

This happened to me a couple of years ago, I convinced myself it wasn?t like this before but on checking data, there didn?t seem to have been much of a change. I think it was a case of once you notice something, you are just more aware of it all the time. It probably has increased relative to the most recent period but not compared to pre-COVID.

The school really cracked down on parents idling as it?s bad for everyone, I haven?t seen anyone idling with the engine on for a long time. If you do see someone idling, I would report it to the school as it?s against their policy and not tolerated.

I think most of them are now if you ask- Arapina and Lane 8 are.

The reality is that thousands of people are not just going to wake up one day and have a crisis of conscience that is so great that they give up a deeply embedded habit such as regular driving- human beings don?t work like that as a general rule. Changing variables, very often beyond our control can trigger change. I was pretty much addicted to a daily coffee from a coffee shop, making my own just didn?t compare as an option. Lockdown changed that as we had to make coffee at home and now I prefer my homemade coffee and on the few occasions I?ve bought one since, I really haven?t enjoyed it. I?m coming at this from a behavioural psychology perspective, we are often driven to change by having our hand forced by an external variable, or by our current reality being more uncomfortable than the prospect of change. And of course, the carrots that make change more appealing help too.

We stopped driving as much when we moved to just off the busy section of Lordship Lane because parking is so difficult in our road. We basically couldn't be bothered with the hassle. We now really only drive when taking a trip out of London. But if it's local, we walk/bike/scooter or use public transport. And now it's just become our way of doing things and we prefer it. It's been a bit more tricky during the COVID period as you are more reluctant to use public transport but hopefully things will start to get back to normal on that front soon.

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Just to be clear, someone on this post said they saw 5 rats coming from Domino?s. I have suggested they might be coming from the train station which was definitely infested with rats when I was there, probably due to several decades worth of rubbish that has built up behind the fences next to the platform.

Yes, it would be! A mere hop skip and a jump to Domino?s though!

Probably coming from ED station, the place is absolutely teeming with them behind the fences... never seen anything like it....

This is residential. The shops seem to have a pretty good, daily service. So whilst it is on the pavement in bags, it gets cleaned up quickly and is usually bagged up well too. So it doesn?t end up all over the pavement. Unlike residential (above shop) waste.

Nigello, I have a hot line through to the environment team to report this stuff. I am just appealing for a more proactive approach to prevent it. If you have too few bins, not emptied regularly enough, and a weekly collection service for residents who have no wheelie bin, you are going to have a rubbish problem somewhere as busy as LL.

This is residential. The shops seem to have a pretty good, daily service. So whilst it is on the pavement in bags, it gets cleaned up quickly and is usually bagged up well to. So doesn?t end up all over the pavement. Unlike residential (above shop) waste.

Yeah, could be St Anthony?s, good point. I guess it?s all a bit stab in the dark

Not trying to get anyone in trouble... just concerned someone might get hurt

KidKruger, I sent it to Goose Green Primary- are you talking about Harris Boys Secondary?

GG has already come back to me to say they'll let the head teacher know.

Building on my earlier post, here is an example of where we need to get back to basics with waste management routines.

These are the bins near Spinach restaurant on LL today (Thursday 30/04). The bin has been overflowing like this since Tuesday morning and the rubbish bags have been piling up all week. It's a miracle that the foxes haven't got into the bin or the bags and strewn it everywhere, as they have with bags just a long the pavement.

Adding more bins in busy areas or more regular emptying, plus extending the daily domestic waste collection to this stretch of the road seem like viable options which wouldn't involve a great deal more resources. I also think on a busy road like LL, this is a pretty basic level of waste management service to provide. We're not talking about getting hanging baskets, just the basics.

Agree with Nigello, best thing is to contact goose green school as it sounds like it was one of their pupils. Chances of the message getting to the parents this way are slim. We also don?t know what those parents are dealing with, they could be juggling difficult work shifts and not have the option of affording childcare. Life is very tough for some parents. I will let the school know.

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Such an easy way to do your bit. Brockwell park also does weekend picks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/155615956207565/permalink/193172659118561/

Thanks James, I honestly think with the waste management, you wouldn?t require a lot if any more money. It?s just about thinking differently/smarter. So rather than spend money clearing up the mess, spend the money to avoid it in the first place. There are so many examples where this would be possible!