Parks left in terrible state by revellers enjoying the sun

“@Bath - HA! This is a local news commentary though...practically the land of the damned.”

“Amazing two big story's - Doctors set to strike (2 comments currently). And 'Parks left in a mess' (43 comments currently). What a messed up world we live in!”

“"If you get on your high horse and just say people should take their rubbish home you will get nowhere"

I agree Morrissey, except that there is no high horse involved. Asking people to take their own litter away with them when they leave a public space is sometimes unfortunately not enough. The only way people will take responsibility for their own action is by doing exactly that…taking responsibility for their own actions. A very small level of consciousness is also required, where the mind of the individual is capable of understanding what is morally right while being aware that the environment around them is what keeps them alive and that they are not the only living entity on earth who can do as they please at the expense of other countless living beings around them. I am not just referring to humans here.

If a person took a few extra minutes out of their "busy and important" lives, they would easily be able to recycle their waste at a recycling point, find a bin elsewhere, or hold onto their litter until they can dispose of it properly.

It seems even the simplest idea that rubbish should not be left lying around is a somewhat utopian concept. Evolution of the mind cannot come quickly enough, in my opinion.

I would only ever expect to see litter left on the floor when dropped by a 1 month old baby.”

“Vicky park was heaving on SUnday afternoon but apart from a bit of rubbish stacked neatly by the bins it looked like most people were taking their rubbish back home.

BTW what is the obsession with barbecues? Cheap meat badly cooked!”

“@ katachua- I doff my 'Bowler' hat to you, sir.”

“A notice advising picnickers that we have just installed a £50 web cam from Argos, would ensure no litter would be left,
Instead the CCTV cameras that cost several schools and a hospital, does little more than provide a perch for natures answer to our indifference.”

“It's like speeding. If you don't enforce it a sizeable amount of people will break the speed limit, because it suits them to regardless of any consequences for others. The fact that only 43 penalty notices for littering were issued in the whole of last year, in the same story reporting 20 skips of litter in one park, tells me the council doesn't have the ability to catch and fine enough litter pickers for it to be a detterant.”

“Shock Horror
people left rubbish and caused damage
and it wasn't Occupy Bristol”

“Call the Police on '101', tell them what's happening and ask them to send round PCSOs on a half hourly basis to warn and fine people. The park keeper on Brandon Hill spent six hours this morning clearing up the litter left by people on Monday night. If everyone was to do this then they might actually get round to doing something about the culprits.”

“There's a lot of ignorant selfish people sharing this city who seem to think the Council is there to clean up after them, once they've had they're jolly. The idiots who complain about the lack of bins should go and have a look at the litter problem on the downs after a sunny Saturday and you will notice that the litter lies literally where it was chucked once the contents had been consumed. These aren't people who can't find a a bin, these are dumb shallow scum-bags who really think that its someone's job to pick up discarded litter and therefore no need to worry about it. A large section of this society has no conscience or consideration when it comes to cleaning up after a picnic and a drink in the park, festival or whatever the jolly.
I'm ashamed to even share nationality with these people, they truly are everything that's wrong with this country. !!!!!”