Dulwich Park Rubbish

[Annie5]

Ginster Wrote:

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> 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.

Totally agree. Some people can't be bothered to carry their litter to the nearest bin, they just leave their rubbish on the ground and expect someone else to deal with it. Totally selfish behaviour. It is also a public health risk. Fines should be introduced.

[tlu]

This is what the park looks like first thing in the morning. If the park workers left this a few days the whole park would look like a rubbish tip.

[Al&Em]

I saw the mess in the photo above this morning too - the rest of the bins around the park seemed ok but clearly one party who dumped everything when they left - that's a bin they brought themselves too I think - looked awful, really selfish and sad....

[rachp]

It doesn't solve the bad behaviour but Friends of Dulwich park are holding a litter pick tomorrow morning https://dulwichparkfriends.org.uk/2020/07/27/join-our-volunteer-litter-collections/

[DulwichFox]

A ?1,000 fine would stop them doing it again.

Sounds a lot but what does it cost to get it cleared up. ??

?20 fine is not going to deter anyone.

Hit these people Hard.

DulwichFox.

[seenbeen]

I doubt if the people who do this are locals there are always loads of cars in Eynella and Eastlands etc- people too tight to pay the car park fees no doubt. I go to North Devon a lot and the streets there have dog mess (?1,000 fine btw) but it is not the locals that abuse the streets.

[rachp]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> A ?1,000 fine would stop them doing it again.

>

> Sounds a lot but what does it cost to get it

> cleared up. ??

>

> ?20 fine is not going to deter anyone.

>

> Hit these people Hard.

>

> DulwichFox.

You can sign this if you would like to see fines increased

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/dont-trash-our-future/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

[ChristineB]

Dulwich Park Friends have been organising weekly litter pick-ups on Mondays; the next one is 07.45 tomorrow morning, after the bank holiday. Seems such a shame that this is necessary - which can't people just take their rubbish home?

[Zig-Zag]

Dulwichfox...Thanks for letting us know about the petition. Signed!

[Sue]

The problem is, who is going to be there to give someone a fine when the litter is dropped?

Unless people know there is a reasonably high chance of being fined, they will just carry on regardless, sadly.

[rachp]

Enforcement officers. I've seen them out a d about in Clapham and Kensington. I reckon just catching people dropping cigarette butts would keep them busy, anything else would be a bonus . I think its about sending out a message that it's not ok and you may be caught. I imagine a lot of security guards could be looking for work right now.

[rachp]

I was in Bristol last week and it did look very clean in the City Centre https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/powers-bristols-litter-police-revealed-828645

[seenbeen]

If we had enforcement officers in the streets near newsagents they would make a killing because people just stroll out unwrapping the cellophane off their fags, wrapping off their ice lollies etc and dropping it on the ground despite the bins outside the shops. They would also catch plenty of people idling their car engines outside the same shops.