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Recently arrived in Holyhead and drove to Dover to take ferry to France. I have to say that Wales was beautiful, the scenery was amazing and looked very clean. As soon as I arrived in England I was quite shocked to see the amount of litter along the motorway and it got worse when I reached Dover. The A20 was just disgusting and it looked like nobody is bothered anymore.






Dover is the first place people see when they arrive in England, so I don't understand why they can't make the place nicer, or at least do something against illegal dumping. Was it always this bad?

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It's probably all those immigrants just dumping stuff.

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I doubt very much it's just immigrants. It's probably also down to really bad parenting and the fact that many people don't teach their kids not to litter. In our family it was practically a hanging offence.

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I was assuming that Mike was being ironic. Was I wrong?

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No, you were right..:lol:

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Good.

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Litter is the one thing in life I really, really hate (and spitting!).
Dropping litter is practically a hanging offence in my family too and if I see my kids do it I make a point of telling them loudly to pick it up and carry until we reach a bin.
I just really don't understand the laziness of it. It doesn't take much to put a wrapper in your pocket for a while.
I was walking the dog one gorgeous afternoon and a group of lads passed me and literally just threw a can out the window..showing off in front of a couple of girls walking along. OMG I was just so mad I wanted to punch him right in the face!
And don't get me started on fly tipping! :angry_smile:

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Next time you'll get them:boxing:. It's one thing that really annoys me too and I can't understand why people do it.

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A20 litter in Folkestone should be dealt with by Government says Dover council leader | Folkestone Herald

Tackling Roadside Litter Issues

A20 |Docver |Highways England |litter | Clean Highways

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Flytipping is terrible. In our area we have a wonderful dump with skips for almost any imaginable item and it is free. Easy to get to and you reverse car up to each spot so no excuse for this awful behaviour. We even have a second hand "showroom" run by Bucks Hospice for good second hand items dropped off. We have got some things there and because decorating and landscaping garden are there almost every 3rd day! Have to watch we dont come back with more than we take. One of the things I really admired about my time in Canada was the lack of litter. In our old neighbourhood two old guys used to walk along the roads from the ferry every morning collecting litter.

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My apologies Mike. I seem to have had a sarcasm bypass since I left the UK.

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This morning I went to my surgery, and opposite, a smartly dressed woman stepped into her Range Rover, shut the door, started the engine, then opened the door and threw paper onto the pavement alongside me.

I was tempted to knock on the car window and say she'd dropped something, but alas I didn't, instead I stopped and stared at her, to no avail. I feel angry with myself for not confronting the woman, but I was in a lot of pain and didn't feel like having an altercation.

Thus it takes all sorts to be litterbugs.

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With all the cycling and running I do, I tend to notice things a lot on the side of the road. Generally we are lucky where we live as it's pretty well rubbish free and the same for my hometown in Somerset. When I do see rubbish, the location always puzzles me, it seems to be in lanes, in the middle of nowhere and just looks like some folks enjoy a drive in the country and then just randomly empty their car:blink:

On the whole, I see more mindless rubbish dumping in the UK but a lot less mindless vandalism and graffitti compared to Oz.