Litter will get worse!
Mark1974
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Today I've had a meeting with my local council regarding the high level of litter in my area, which they acknowledge.
They have told me that with further budget cuts, litter is going to get worse.
I get the impression from the council here that they do the bare minimum they have to, and nothing more.
Some of you will have mixed views on your local council's response to street cleansing. You may live in a largely litter free area, or a complete tip like Wakefield.
Do you think litter will get worse with budget cuts or do you think it won't affect your district?
They have told me that with further budget cuts, litter is going to get worse.
I get the impression from the council here that they do the bare minimum they have to, and nothing more.
Some of you will have mixed views on your local council's response to street cleansing. You may live in a largely litter free area, or a complete tip like Wakefield.
Do you think litter will get worse with budget cuts or do you think it won't affect your district?
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Councils are under increasing pressure with budget cuts but still having to maintain essential services. Street cleaning, while important, isn't regarded as as much of an essential service as say child protection and other aspects of social care and things like that. So street cleaning and bin collections are often amongst the first things to suffer cuts, along with other services like libraries, swimming pools and things like that.
I would suggest you move somewhere else as you are constantly moaning about Wakefield, but I am afraid you will be disappointed to find it is much the same all over the country. We established that in your last thread on the very same subject just last week.
I look forward to next week's thread on this very same subject.
Pretty much.
Someone from your council said this to you.
I doubt is somehow.
What council and what was their position in the council?:)
... and stop whining, and applaud instead, when people get fined for doing so.
Wakefield, Head of Streetscene.
Interesting.
Sounds like Wakefield Council and Streetscene need to get their act together a bit.
Have you considered taking this further?
We are now seriously considering moving.
It is NOT the same all over the country, as pointed out by other forum members. However, you may live in a part of Wakefield district that's nice and clean. How about driving around Eastmoor and seeing what we put up with? WDH publish a quarterly magazine for its tenants, and yesterday's issue showed that the 2nd highlighted problem is litter, with 56% of their tenants seeing it as a problem.
So forgive me for having an issue with it. Your area might be lovely, however, my enclave of district is far from it.
I agree totally, but where can I take it to?
They seem against enforcement, which personally I think would relieve the problem. Fine people and they'll stop dropping it.
They do the bare minimum they need to legally do, but refuse to accept that the same levels of litter aren't the same nationwide.
Eric Pickles - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government?
From various articles he seems to like sticking his oar in.
That and dog poop.
Where I live the council has enforced strict enforcement laws against those dropping dog poop (not the dogs)
It has worked a little but not as much as it should.
I can assure you this area, one of the safest Conservative seats in the country, is an absolute rubbish tip where dog mess & general litter is shocking.
So it's not just Wakefield
agreed!
They could make a load of money by fining and getting people to pick up litter, rather than paying someone else to pick it up.