George’s promise
George pledges to try to avoid verbal litter : “I won’t promise to write my blog on a regular basis – you’d probably get very bored if I felt I had to sit down every Wednesday evening (or even every evening) at 6.30pm precisely and write something, anything, about litter. I’m going to add to the blog only if I feel that I’ve got something interesting to say to you or to ask you. And if you feel that what I’ve said is interesting – and especially if you feel that what I’ve said is most definitely NOT interesting – please leave a comment or let me know via the feedback form on the “contact us” page. Thanks.”
April 17th, 2008 at 10:41 am
I would urge all readers and interested volunteers to put pressure on their local council to enforce the provisions of The Clean Neighbourhood & Environment Act 2005.
Many local authorities lack either the resources, the initiative or the interest to enforce the Act. It cost a lot of money to get this Act through parliament and under statute, so the least we can expect is that the local authorities actually enforce its provisions. You can report reluctant authorities to DEFRA.
June 20th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Another piece of legislation to threaten councils with is the Litter Abatement Notice under the Environment Protection Act 1990. I threatened Dartford Borough Council in Kent because they were not cleaning the six lane A2 dual carriageway to a standard. After three weeks of emails, Dartford cleaned the road to removal all the litter and are now looking to increase their cleaning regime from every 2 months to once a month, still not enough in my opinion. I will keep the pressure up until they start resourcing this road correctly.