mrwb Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Seems the people cleaning Dulwich park are struggling to cope.Not surprisingly given it's the only place to go outside for a lot of us.Seems to be one guy doing it alone this morning. What can be done to help? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewGuy Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 It's pretty obvious - take your rubbish home. Anything else is stupid and lazy. Not sure why it being "the only place to go" means people are free to litter the place. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 What BNG said.Carry in, carry OUT - what's so complicated ?Leave no trace.No excuse for doing otherwise.Lazy, self-entitled, park users. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigello Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 The other thing is for you to pick it up and take it away and dispose of it correctly. Yes, it?s not your job, but writing on here will make only very little difference at most. And yes, I pick up others? litter and have done for years. I just did so on Dawson?s Hill and Donkey Alley. Have a go - you may like it! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I'm already doing that with other people's dog shit, almost daily ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachp Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 MrWB, there is already a thread on this on the gossip section.... I and Nigello have already contacted our councillors so you could do the same. The more people who voice it, the more likely they are to see it as a problem that needs addressing... I have also contacted Plastic Free East Dulwich to see if there is merit in reviving a more virtual or socially distanced version of their litter collection events, although you'd need an army to touch the sides if they don't sort out the lack of bin capacity... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
womanofdulwich Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I don't know why there is not a huge bottle and can recycling container at the entrance to all parks. It would make a huge difference. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 true. cardboard/glass/cans account for a significant part of the trash! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomskip Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Huge recycling bins are ugly but they seem to be necessary as the good citizens of Dulwich seem unable to carry their recyclables (let alone other rubbish) home with them. Big sigh. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zig-Zag Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 tomskip Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Huge recycling bins are ugly but they seem to be> necessary as the good citizens of Dulwich seem> unable to carry their recyclables (let alone other> rubbish) home with them. Big sigh.In addition to being very ugly I doubt bins by the gates would be used by the feckless. Much of the rubbish was simply left where people had been in the middle of the lawns and open spaces so they hadn't even bothered to find a bin, let alone carry rubbish back to the entrance. It's happening all over the UK not just here in SE London unfortunately. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutterqueen Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 The problem of excess rubbish left in parks has been around for years and there's always been some lone litter picker trying to keep on top of it all! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1422862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first mate Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Yes, it just may not have carried the same health risks historically. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1423028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginster Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Need something like this (from New Zealand). It's just so selfish, you carried it there full, carry it home empty! My kids when as young as 3 would point to rubbish and say "that should be in a bin Mummy" so it's not difficult to teach. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1423635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmcash Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Hi all,I have written to the council asking for more frequent collections and bigger bins in local parks.I cannot promise anything - council staff are already very stretched at the moment - but hopefully this will have some effect.Best wishesJames Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1423788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutterqueen Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Drove through Dulwich Village this morning and the queue for the Gail's caf? place was ridiculous! There must have been around 50-75 people queuing! Up to the entrance of Dulwich Park, I saw families going in with their cakes and coffees! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1423851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachp Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 James, thanks for this update. Picking up on Ginster's sign, can the council look at doinga campaign that actually gets the message across. I have seen Southwark council tweet that they are asking residents to do their bit to keep parks clean but I have seen nothing from the council that will achieve this. Surely if this was done properly it would save resources as there would be less clearing up to do. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigello Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Why not print out that NZ sign, without the top bit, and stick them on bins with sellotape (not glue)? If the council isn?t placing signs then DIY. (I have no printer so can?t DIM, before anyone asks.) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallulah71 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 A lot to be said for NZ altogether at the moment. Great sign! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenbeen Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 rachp Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> James, thanks for this update. Picking up on> Ginster's sign, can the council look at doinga> campaign that actually gets the message across. I> have seen Southwark council tweet that they are> asking residents to do their bit to keep parks> clean but I have seen nothing from the council> that will achieve this. Surely if this was done> properly it would save resources as there would be> less clearing up to do.How absolutely disgusting that they have to tweet to ask 'residents' to keep 'our' parks clean- how do they know it's 'residents'? Do people really destroy their own open spaces- judging from the number of cars parked in Eynella, Eastlands Crescent etc I doubt if it's 'residents'. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachp Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 If you are capable of dropping rubbish anywhere apart fron a bin, I don't know why your moral compass would suddenly kick in because you are in the area where you reside. Dropping rubbish does not become less wrong because you are not near your home. So yes, I think it's highly feasible that some residents are to blame. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachp Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I do think the council is talking about all Southwark parks and all Southwark residents btw, so they are not singling people out who live on the roads immediately next to Dulwich Park... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
singalto Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Lots of people are using the bushes in Dulwich Park as loos. I was playing hide and seek with my little granddaughter and had to rethink where to hide in view of the used tissues and smell in the bushes.. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 People who litter should be put in the bin Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seenbeen Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 singalto Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Lots of people are using the bushes in Dulwich> Park as loos. I was playing hide and seek with my> little granddaughter and had to rethink where to> hide in view of the used tissues and smell in the> bushes..Yes- ever since we were told we could travel, some people have been going far afield and everywhere smells like a toilet... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 It is funny seenb the way you vigorously defend the non defecation of ?residents?. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/253449-dulwich-park-rubbish/#findComment-1424996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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