Dirty britain

[stevewool]

I am not saying everywhere is dirty but while driving from place to place over the last few years you do notice how things have changed,
The weekly or fortnightly collection of your rubbish bin, every one put the bin out the night before or that morning and took it back in that night, how many do you see sat in the same place week in week out, rubbish just left in the streets while everyone just walks around it,
Looking back i cannot ever remember the streets and roads looking like they are now, is it the council or just the people that live like it now, seems to me the pride of where you live has been knock out of the people, just my thoughts maybe

[Dedworth]

Much of it Steve is due to the human filth now allowed to live in our once green and pleasant land

http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/secondary/169820.jpg

http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/14n24rubbishRossP-482347.jpg

Roma migrants cause terror for South Yorkshire residents

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/482347/There-will-be-blood-say-victims-of-Roma-terror

Multicultural Manchester is supposedly OK :Erm:

[raynaputi]

No problem here in the village we live. :xxgrinning--00xx3::biggrin:

[Tawi2]

A lot of shall we say "Ethnically diverse" areas in the UK are absolute toilets,if your used to crapping in the street (Seen it done in india often)throwing your rubbish out of the window (seen it done in many countries including pinas) and fly-tipping willy-nilly then your going to bring your quaint habits to blighty with you so we can all share the culture of your old home,thanks :NoNo:

[joebloggs]

Much of it Steve is due to the human filth now allowed to live in our once green and pleasant land

Multicultural Manchester is supposedly OK :Erm:

when was the last time it was a 'green and pleasant land' dedworth :cwm25:

was it before immigrants came to the uk ?


we've got a council that uses CCTV to catch and fine fly tippers, enough local tips and a council that collects bulky items for free.

but if your complaining about litter, blame the Tory gov for the cut backs to council funds,when was the last time you've seen a council litter picker :cwm25:

[Tawi2]

My area is staunchly Tory joe and theres always a council litter picker,I can walk down the high-street most days and see him,the area is spotless.

[les_taxi]

Harrogate true blue and no litter anywhere:biggrin:

but if your complaining about litter, blame the Labour gov for the cut backs to council funds since they left the country bankrupt

[joebloggs]

My area is staunchly Tory joe and theres always a council litter picker,I can walk down the high-street most days and see him,the area is spotless.

i've not seen any here for a few years, maybe they only come out when i'm at work or a sleep :wink:

when the gov cuts funding to councils, with the legal duties that they have to provide essential services, litter picking i would have thought would be one of the first to face cut backs :NoNo:

[Tawi2]

No joe,plenty of litter pickers,even seen them doing gangs doing roadside litter-picks along the dual carriageways locally,I was in Esher high-street a few weeks ago and saw two guys with litter-carts at opposite ends of the road.

[Dedworth]

My area is staunchly Tory joe and theres always a council litter picker,I can walk down the high-street most days and see him,the area is spotless.

Ditto here Tawi - fly tipping & graffiti I reported a month or so back dealt with in 24 hours by a local authority that has reduced council tax for 6 consecutive years.

Labourite Multicultural Manchester meanwhile employs untold diversity directors, gives all councillors and thousands of staff smartphones & ipads on the taxpayer, pay's it's leader £230000 pa has the worst record on council tax collection etc etc- yet Joe's pathetic excuse is to blame Tory cuts for this criminal irresponsibility

[Longweekend]

I'm also in a Tory council area, we have garbage pickers and no street litter, however if Labour got in I'm sure they would increase the workforce by 50% and most likely eastern European.....

[joebloggs]

Ditto here Tawi - fly tipping & graffiti I reported a month or so back dealt with in 24 hours by a local authority that has reduced council tax for 6 consecutive years.

Labourite Multicultural Manchester meanwhile employs untold diversity directors, gives all councillors and thousands of staff smartphones & ipads on the taxpayer, pay's it's leader £230000 pa has the worst record on council tax collection etc etc- yet Joe's pathetic excuse is to blame Tory cuts for this criminal irresponsibility

who needs a litter picker when you've got dedworth doing their job :xxgrinning--00xx3:

with costs rising and gov funding cuts tell me dedworth how does your council manage to cut the council tax bill for the last 6yrs ?

[stevewool]

I think i should move, hang about i am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooon

[Dedworth]

with costs rising and gov funding cuts tell me dedworth how does your council manage to cut the council tax bill for the last 6yrs ?

by doing the opposite to the bruvvers and apparatchiks who run Manchester

[joebloggs]

by doing the opposite to the bruvvers and apparatchiks who run Manchester

i see, you mean they cut everything and sold everything off ?
and wasted money on schemes like this :laugher:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21830416

as a resident can you tell me how many people responded :Erm:

[Dedworth]

you'll be running out of straws to clutch on to soon Joe :biggrin:

Don't waste your vote again in the next Machester Council election

[joebloggs]

you'll be running out of straws to clutch on to soon Joe :biggrin:

Don't waste your vote again in the next Machester Council election

Tory Free , just like most of the north, all the major cities and Scotland :xxgrinning--00xx3:

the answer to my question, 2 people dedworth :laugher:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25731197

[grahamw48]

Blame parents and upbringing/cultural influences.

I wouldn't dream of throwing litter on the floor EVER.

That is because my parents taught me not to.

[Steve.r]

Why do you have to always bring the arguments down to politics ..... Gets so boring. :doh

I have ate to agree with Graham, it's how you are brought up. I hate litter and be sure if my family drop litter in or around my house they have me to deal with. If I can provide a rubbish bag, they can darn well use it.

[London_Manila]

I think the worst accumulation of litter and rubbish i have seen must be in the Philippines
Everything there gets thrown on the floor while rubbish bins stand empty

[stevewool]

I think the worst accumulation of litter and rubbish i have seen must be in the Philippines
Everything there gets thrown on the floor while rubbish bins stand empty

That is so true, i was there one time and my nephew threw a sweet wrapper on the floor, just trying to get him to pick it up ended in all out war, well i can tell you he had no favours from me the whole trip

[Michael Parnham]

No problem here in the village we live. :xxgrinning--00xx3::biggrin:

Ditto!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

Blame parents and upbringing/cultural influences.

I wouldn't dream of throwing litter on the floor EVER.

That is because my parents taught me not to.

Same here Graham!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Tawi2]

I think the worst accumulation of litter and rubbish i have seen must be in the Philippines
Everything there gets thrown on the floor while rubbish bins stand empty

India is worse,it wallows in a sea of filth,parts of africa are the same,but parts of pinas are a tip,we have bins at the beach made from recycled tires,the bins are everywhere,beside the cottages,the BBQ area,the basketball court,your always near a bin so theres no excuse BUT time and again I watch people just throw their crap,plastic,bottles:NoNo: on the floor!When we are there my kid hates certain times of the day such as 4am when everyone helps the workers sweep the beach and the cottage areas :Help1:

[Terpe]

There's a public beach at Talomo that's an absolute disgrace.
The people who use it are complete tosses (pun intended) and will just toss any crap anywhere they please. They make a total nuisance of themselves with the most abhorrent behaviour I've ever seen anywhere in the world. Including anywhere in India or Africa I've been to.

I've confronted these idiots many times. My wife always calms me down.
Actually, even with my experience in martial arts I'm not sure I could take them down at my age anyway
Especially when there's a group.
Even more especially with my sciatica

Thank you dear wife for saving me :biggrin:

[London_Manila]

That is so true, i was there one time and my nephew threw a sweet wrapper on the floor, just trying to get him to pick it up ended in all out war, well i can tell you he had no favours from me the whole trip

There seems no concept of putting litter in a bin over there
Back in February when i was last in Makati i followed 2 dimwits walking down the road with their family happily eating sweets and throwing their wrappers on the street
The parents never said a thing........

[Tawi2]

There's a public beach at Talomo that's an absolute disgrace.
The people who use it are complete tosses (pun intended) and will just toss any crap anywhere they please. They make a total nuisance of themselves with the most abhorrent behaviour I've ever seen anywhere in the world. Including anywhere in India or Africa I've been to.

I've confronted these idiots many times. My wife always calms me down.
Actually, even with my experience in martial arts I'm not sure I could take them down at my age anyway
Especially when there's a group.
Even more especially with my sciatica

Thank you dear wife for saving me :biggrin:
The private beaches in the Davao area normally have cleaners,some of the public beaches arent all that :NoNo: Its a cultural thing I think,and parental responsibility,if Dodong or Boy was never taught by his parents that he shouldnt throw litter or urinate against his neighbours wall then his apathy is passed on to Dodong or Boyet Junior,one good thing is there arent as many graffitti sprayed BAWAL UMIHI DITTO signs in davao's back streets nor the all pervading smell of man-pee that there is in areas of manila :icon_lol:

[Terpe]

R
There seems no concept of putting litter in a bin over there
Back in February when i was last in Makati i followed 2 dimwits walking down the road with their family happily eating sweets and throwing their wrappers on the street
The parents never said a thing........

That applies all over the UK too :furious3:

[raynaputi]

The private beaches in the Davao area normally have cleaners,some of the public beaches arent all that :NoNo: Its a cultural thing I think,and parental responsibility,if Dodong or Boy was never taught by his parents that he shouldnt throw litter or urinate against his neighbours wall then his apathy is passed on to Dodong or Boyet Junior,one good thing is there arent as many graffitti sprayed BAWAL UMIHI DITTO signs in davao's back streets nor the all pervading smell of man-pee that there is in areas of manila :icon_lol:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoN5EteWCH8

[Tawi2]

St Pauli twinned with Quezon City :icon_lol:

[stevewool]

Actually, even with my experience in martial arts

Remind me to call you SIR PETER next time :yikes:

[London_Manila]

R

That applies all over the UK too :furious3:

Maybe to the chav underclass who frequent the Jeremy Kyle show.....

When i was a child if my mother had caught me doing anything like that i would have received a good smack around the face

[Terpe]

Actually, even with my experience in martial arts

Remind me to call you SIR PETER next time :yikes:

Didn't mean it to sound pretentious Steve.

I was just trying to explain that the older you get the more your body doesn't want to do what your mind try's to tell it to do.

My overall fitness and flexibility has deteriorated since I was bouncing around with the company Taekwondo team hehehe

[Arthur Little]

I was just trying to explain that the older you get the more your body doesn't want to do what your mind try's to tell it to do.

My overall fitness and flexibility has deteriorated since I was bouncing around with the company Taekwondo team hehehe

Ah ... :olddude: ... know the feeling only too well ... especially whenever I forget my age and attempt to chase after a bus like I used to do even a decade ago.

[jake]

My area is staunchly Tory joe and theres always a council litter picker,I can walk down the high-street most days and see him,the area is spotless.

My town is staunch Liberal or whatever the party the Mayor and his councillors decide to join at election time. :icon_lol:
We have bin collections 7 days a week (including all public holidays) and at least 10 road sweepers, who continually clean the roads throughout the day. They need too :cwm25:

Depending on where you live the Philippines can be reasonably clean :wink:

[Terpe]

Depending on where you live the Philippines can be reasonably clean :wink:

Like you Jake our village has the bins collected every morning.
The roads are swept everyday along with cleaning of drains.
Generally speaking it's very clean and tidy.

We're very happy.

[Rory]

I have noticed this rubbish mounting up a lot just in the last month or so on the A64 in York. The litter that is on the sides of the roads is terrible, The council must know it is there but it is getting way out of hand now.They will have to close the road to clear it up. :Brick:

[Dedworth]

I have noticed this rubbish mounting up a lot just in the last month or so on the A64 in York. The litter that is on the sides of the roads is terrible, The council must know it is there but it is getting way out of hand now.They will have to close the road to clear it up. :Brick:

In enlightened places such as Alabama they'd have a Chain Gang on it :wink:

[grahamw48]

I have noticed this rubbish mounting up a lot just in the last month or so on the A64 in York. The litter that is on the sides of the roads is terrible, The council must know it is there but it is getting way out of hand now.They will have to close the road to clear it up. :Brick:

Part of the cuts I suppose.

I've noticed that the road edges in York have been neglected too, so that now the weeds have begun to destroy the kerbs and other surfaces. Total false economy. :NoNo:

Why don't they just ask householders nearby to do a bit of weeding if the council can't handle it ? :anerikke:

[stevewool]

Ah ... :olddude: ... know the feeling only too well ... especially whenever I forget my age and attempt to chase after a bus like I used to do even a decade ago.

YEP even i run like my dad now Arthur:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[stevewool]

Didn't mean it to sound pretentious Steve.

I was just trying to explain that the older you get the more your body doesn't want to do what your mind try's to tell it to do.

My overall fitness and flexibility has deteriorated since I was bouncing around with the company Taekwondo team hehehe

As long as the mind is working Peter we can do anything we want, but just takes us a little longer

[stevewool]

My town is staunch Liberal or whatever the party the Mayor and his councillors decide to join at election time. :icon_lol:
We have bin collections 7 days a week (including all public holidays) and at least 10 road sweepers, who continually clean the roads throughout the day. They need too :cwm25:

Depending on where you live the Philippines can be reasonably clean :wink:

Find me that lot :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Ako Si Jamie]

Apart from ethnic area's I think there's been an improvement over the years in cleanliness on the streets in the UK. I can't remember last seeing a pile of dog's muck on the pavement for one.

As for beaches in the Philippines, they seem to be of good standard apart from what I've seen. They're especially strict on White Beach in Boracay as smoking on the beach is banned.

[Dedworth]

Apart from ethnic area's I think there's been an improvement over the years in cleanliness on the streets in the UK. I can't remember last seeing a pile of dog's muck on the pavement for one.

As for beaches in the Philippines, they seem to be of good standard apart from what I've seen. They're especially strict on White Beach in Boracay as smoking on the beach is banned.

I saw something on Phil TV recently about dodgy (illegal ??) sewage outlets spewing out into the sea at Boracay

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/02/21/1426419/government-raises-concern-over-high-bacteria-levels-boracay-water

[Ako Si Jamie]

I saw something on Phil TV recently about dodgy (illegal ??) sewage outlets spewing out into the sea at Boracay

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/02/21/1426419/government-raises-concern-over-high-bacteria-levels-boracay-waterApparently Puerto Galera had a similar problem not so long ago but when I went 18 months ago it seemed to have been resolved.

[stevewool]

I saw something on Phil TV recently about dodgy (illegal ??) sewage outlets spewing out into the sea at Boracay

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/02/21/1426419/government-raises-concern-over-high-bacteria-levels-boracay-water

So what you are telling me is that was not a giant sea cucumber that i saw passing me while out swimming there :yikes:

[Michael Parnham]

The sewage at Dumaguete only travels about 100 yards along a pipe then straight into the sea and if the breeze is blowing inland the stench is revolting, also only a few yards from where the sewage is spewing out the pipe into the sea there are kids collecting shellfish that there families cook on the beach, disgusting!

[jake]

The sewage at Dumaguete only travels about 100 yards along a pipe then straight into the sea and if the breeze is blowing inland the stench is revolting, also only a few yards from where the sewage is spewing out the pipe into the sea there are kids collecting shellfish that there families cook on the beach, disgusting!

They should add another few hundred yards to that pipe, like they do in the UK :wink:

[Michael Parnham]

They should add another few hundred yards to that pipe, like they do in the UK :wink:

I think it's about a mile at least in the UK!:Erm:

[stevewool]

I think it's about a mile at least in the UK!:Erm:

Thats no good at Cleethorpes , that tide goes that far out you feel you have waked to Holland

[cheekee]

So what you are telling me is that was not a giant sea cucumber that i saw passing me while out swimming there :yikes:

Oh Crikey :grosyeux:

[fred]

We burn all our rubbish and its all gone in about 10 minutes each week.
I`m thinking about building a proper incinerator in which I can get rid of a months worth in about 5 mins...
As I have not flown on a jumbo jet for about 8 years I reckon my eco credits will allow me this indulgence..Apart from that though,i do like a good burn up occasionally.

[Michael Parnham]

We burn all our rubbish and its all gone in about 10 minutes each week.
I`m thinking about building a proper incinerator in which I can get rid of a months worth in about 5 mins...
As I have not flown on a jumbo jet for about 8 years I reckon my eco credits will allow me this indulgence..Apart from that though,i do like a good burn up occasionally.

Do you use the ashes for your garden Fred?:smile:

[fred]

Do you use the ashes for your garden Fred?:smile:

Of course not Micheal..Not good for the plants.
No area where rubbish land fill accumulates is!