Litter and stuff

13/03/2008 by paul.

I have just seen that London has been declared the dirtiest city in Europe. I am not surprised, since everytime I go there, my heart sinks at the state of the place and the litter lying around.  Equally, I don’t know if it is the time of year or just me getting a bit more cranky, but there seems to be a lot more litter lying around everywhere. With a bit of luck, as the leaves grow on the country roadside bushes, all the poly bags and coke bottles will disappear…. to re-appear in the autumn.
There is an importer of food stuffs, just up the road from the office, and many lorries park up whilst waiting to gain access to the unloading bays. It is not unusual to see a load of plastic bags, neatly tied up and left by the roadside, after the lorres have departed.  So the truckers go to the trouble of putting all their bottles and fast food containers into a plastic bag, then tie it up and leave it by the side of the road. What on earth do they think is going to happen ? Is the litter fairy going to come along overnight and clear up ?  What is the problem with keeping the bag in the cab and putting it in the litter bin at the first motorway services they stop at ?
Equally worrying is the amount of lager and cider cans that seem to lie around on the roundabout that is at the entrance to the estate. I just cannot get into my head, an understanding of the mentallity of the dumbo,s that just sling all their litter out of the car/lorry window.
I thought I had a great idea…. then I noticed that Clarkson had beaten me to it, in last week’s Sunday Times. 
Instead of some of the looney, politically correct ideas proposed by some of the the current batch of govenment ministers, why can’t they propose something usefull (and earn their liberal expense regime) by making all suppliers of fast foods, responsible for the disposal of all their branded packaging. The suppliers would winge and lobby, but if the government held firm, then most of the excess packaging would soon disapear.     
Mind you, perhaps there is help on the horizon…in the unlikey shape of the ‘church of Rome’. I also read that the church has decided that there are now a few more “modern” …”mortal sins”…which include polution and damage to the environment.
Interesting to note that they have also added “excessive wealth” to the list….Oooops!, bet the cardinal who added that one will get a bit of a ‘career talk’  and be told to quitely drop that one off the list

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