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Sunday, 14 March 2010 ~

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Bridport Rubbish Problem

Why all the fuss about where to site the new waste transfer station? As anyone knows who gets up early enough you can simply chuck your refuse into the street and what the vermin does not eat is ‘magically’ disappeared by the time most people are up and about. Something must be done about this! Let’s not all go running to the council wanting wheely bins, it is unviable (especially as they wasted/lost so much of our money). It is up to YOU the individual to take responsibility for your refuse and make it pest proof. View these photographs...

Some local councils will fine you for putting out your bins too early, perhaps this should be introduced in Bridport. fellow citizens let’s not forget that it is our money that pays for the clean-up crew that has to come along afterwards.

What of our tourist industry? If I was a tourist planning to stay in Bridport or West Bay and arrived early in the morning to see the place looking like a tip, I would keep driving on to Devon.

What of disease? I will not list the revolting detritus dropped by gulls onto roofs and parapets and dragged into buildings by rats

If we refuse (verb) to act then the problem can only get worse, any animal will increase its population if it has a plentiful food supply (think James Herbert and Alfred Hitchcock).

So please my fellow Bridportians - have some pride, have some respect and keep our wonderful town clean.

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NB: The litter is not necessarily that of the building it is outside of.

See also Cull the Gull?

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Posted by goccibos, on 22-05-2009 06:16,

Agree, and contrary to what the Chamber of "concrete over the meadows for parking and give us your money" say it's their members that cause most of the problems. So traders; want our custom in these hard times then show us some respect, grrr!!

Posted by The Bat, on 24-05-2009 07:20,

I could snipe any rubbish bags I see on the street before 8am. Would that help?

Posted by Flash, on 27-05-2009 13:57,

I agree! It is our responsibility, and that could just include not throwing food away. NO FOOD = NO GULLS!

I don't get it! One minute it's "We must have a Lidl so's we can buy cheap food", next minute it's "We can afford to buy so much food we can afford to throw a third of it away"

Time for some joined up brain cells here - anyone got some super-glue? While your at it, put some out for the flying chavs, stick their s***ing beaks together!

Posted by lrac19, on 04-06-2009 12:29,

It is bad enough when domestic rubbish is left out overnight, but surely inexcusable when it is trade waste from food outlets & restaurants. These activities should be photographed & published & the culprits shamed. Add to this the dog owners who allow their pets to foul our footpaths.

Posted by tuzo, on 04-06-2009 15:32,

wandering up east street you might see these people take note of the gulls and thier need to eat litter, and put rugs,or such on top of the black bins...
not so when you pass the town hall down south street, I wonder if the weapons analyst, who told me some time ago that there was a lay line that crossed from the town hall into the corner of the george Hotel might have something to do with this problem? i dont know, i love the gulls, they are in a decline, not mentally but in numbers i believe.

Posted by d0g, on 04-06-2009 18:08,

I think that the more community minded citizens amongst us should post any rubbish we find in through the letter box of the nearest property next to the offending overspill. OK it might not belong to them, but I’m sure they will do their utmost to find out who it does belong to and put a stop to it.

Posted by The Bat, on 04-06-2009 21:02,

Surely wheelie bins would cure the gull problem! What are the town council doing about issuing wheelie bins?

Posted by Editor, on 05-06-2009 16:11,

Yes, that was yours truly on the front page of the Wip Wop moaning about the scum on the streets (I didn't mention "launching a crusade" but it is going that way) read the article here:
bridportnews.co.uk/news/ bridportnews/ 4419113.Call_to_clean_up_Bridp ort_s_streets_of_shame/
I am just pointing out a problem, what is the solution?

Posted by Waynflete, on 08-06-2009 06:53,

These pictures were needed and should provide a valuable service, waking up those reponsible to something that needs to be sorted now. It's astonishing that in this Health and Safety dominated culture, people are knowingly putting out unprotected and dangerously toxic material to be scattered far and wide, week after week.
Surely if you did it once and saw the result, you'd find a way around it such as waiting until morning to put rubbish out, gull proof covers of some sort or even buying a bin. We live in the Town centre and it doesn't happen to our rubbish so it needn't happen to anyones. This behaviour is indefensible and blaming our Councils is simply unrealistic. Just because WDDC is responsible for household waste collection doesn't mean the individual has no duty of care at all, let alone the commercial waste producer. WDDC is NOT responsible to the public for collecting commercial waste and only offers it as a service to defray the cost of rubbish collections for the rest of us. This sort of thing undermines those efforts however as time and manpower are wasted with all the clean up work. We all can take pride in Bridport's independant traders and their largely successful attempts to prevent Bridport becoming another "clone town". Now lets see them clean up their act with a little environmental awareness and by taking responsibility for this mess.

Posted by Drain0, on 08-06-2009 12:33,

Wombles may be an option, but what happens when they get as overpopulated as seagulls? Mobs of Uncle Bulgaria's and Tobermorey's stealing your chips and crapping on your washing. Wombling Song

Posted by ted, on 08-06-2009 18:08,

Well done Boss, go for it. Keep the pressure on. Let's photograph and shame, 'cos it's not just a town centre problem. Go round Crock Lane and Asker Mead on a Friday. People leaving rubbish out, in bags, from 6.30pm thursday for a Friday lunchtime refuse collection. Black bags ought to be made illegal, dustbins or wheelie bins only. Gulls should be culled. Have you got a councillor on board? E-mail the photos to that wonderful Mr. "Tennis court" Letwin. Environmental Health been contacted? I know Bridport doesn't exist on telly, but let's get them in and knock the doors for perpatrator's comments! Get them to interview the woman in Barrack Street that feeds the gulls. Best of luck and thanks to the bin guys who clear up.

Posted by Flash, on 08-06-2009 20:15,

Message for The Bat ' The Town Council are not responsible for rubbish collection and hence do not do wheelie bins!'

Solution - No overnight bags. Simples!! Even a meerkat could work that one out!

Posted by The Bat, on 09-06-2009 04:03,

Flash - Okay, I'll give you that one. How about the DISTRICT council? What are they doing about it? and why haven'y THEY issued wheelie bins?

And another thing, ... (pause for effect), ... What are the TOWN council doing about that white van that parks on the junction of the traffic lights every market day, thereby totally hiding the traffic light signals to motorists? There's going to be an accident one day, and there will be tears!

I could snipe the tyres of this vehicle if anyone thinks it would help?

Posted by Flash, on 09-06-2009 06:37,

The Bat - Parking is also controlled by the District Council - you've obviously never had a parking ticket. What a good boy you are!!

You could try asking the TC 01308 456722.

f you get any joy --post it for all to see

Posted by tuzo, on 09-06-2009 15:21,

Draino and ted... thier numbers (gulls) are actually down, look it up so no overpopulations get some specs, you might be seeing double/ and as for culling, not permitted by law (yawn) as they are a protected species, as are many other wild life species as well you know, and if you didnt...... read about it, before you open you huge ignorant mouths.

Posted by draino, on 09-06-2009 16:16,

Perhaps Tuzo could supply us with references so we can check his alleged "facts" I have Googled "seagull population dorset" with no significant results.

FACT: I have not condoned culling (Gulls)in this thread have I? I agree with Ed that PEOPLE who feed gulls or allow their bins to be raided are the problem.

FACT: As far as culling goes any animal causing a nuisance is classed as a pest and may be dealt with lethal force, residents of Meadowlands will bear this out as last year a council licensed operative shot quite a few seagulls who were preventing people using their own gardens.

FACT: Seagulls are wild animals and feeding them (as Tuzo has previously admitted doing) is bad practice and left over and spilled food encourages other vermin (is there a local by-law prohibiting feeding them?).

FACT: Tuzo is part seagull as he/she is a loud mouthed annoyance.

Posted by Carlito, on 09-06-2009 17:47,

This is a situation created by people and one that needs resolving by people. The trouble is people have a tendancy to ignore the responsibility, myself included. So, inevitably, the solution will have to involve a win in both camps. Some gulls must die, and some irresponsible waste-producing people that can't wait till bin day to put out their rubbish must pay.

That way everyone is either happy, unhappy or both. Such is life.

How about a nest cull, followed by WDDC-supplied giant wheelie bins.

Now excuse me whilst I get back to my new invention, an Aircraft "black box" that a) floats and b) ejects automatically from a plumetting aircraft. Dragon's Den here I come!

Posted by tuzo, on 09-06-2009 18:03,

well draino its a bird called larus argentatus (prob something to do with the silver in thier feathers?) records state we have 131 thousand nesting pairs in the summer and 765 individuals in the winter months. first recorded in the 8th cent. I know i know at least 131 thousand people who irritate me, but not for the reasons you seem to find important, maybe you should look more keenly at these birds, and maybe i should not have spoken so sharply to you, i dont know you, but i do get very weary of these dense comments.

Posted by The Bat, on 09-06-2009 18:20,

Message for Flash - Oh right, so parking is also controlled by the DISTRICT Council is it?? - Okay, I'll give you that one.

What are the TOWN council doing about issuing market day pitches to stall holders at the junction of a busy town crossroads then??!!????

Posted by draino, on 09-06-2009 18:20,

Hmmm... Wikipedia entry
...refuse comprising up to half of the bird's diet
...maximum age of 49 years recorded.(!)
More facts
PDF with population data
Interesting stuff but if humans do not protect their trash from vermin they should be fined.

Posted by tuzo, on 09-06-2009 18:30,

well i am delighted you can read as well as write draino, i think you might have extended the poosible life of these birds, but hey i will let you away with that one, how about looking at how much light comes into thier eyes, and how they can see colours that we cannot see, ultra violet light, they are bright and intelligent and of course oportunists like ourselves, we should have some common feeling therefore, but with all species its not just the world of the homo sapiens or is it up your street... I dont know, its of course also the season of the grunts.

Posted by Flash, on 09-06-2009 19:05,

The Bat

I dunno - you'd better ask 'em

Posted by The Bat, on 10-06-2009 03:30,

I think it's outrageous that these poor gulls are being blamed for making this awful mess, when it is obviously the fault of people putting their rubbish out. The references I have sometimes heard of gulls being 'vermin' or 'flying rats' is totally incorrect. Next thing you know there will be a campaigne against sparrows craping on items on washing lines, or public ourage about birds 'hanging around' airports creating a danger to airplanes!

Posted by Dennis De Menaash, on 10-06-2009 12:00,

Where are the Wombles to?

Posted by tuzo, on 10-06-2009 13:29,

well bat (not one of my old adversaries) am so pleased to hear that you are going to give the gulls a break. and also pleased that you have put your gun down for a while anyway? as for the chap on the street with the white van... boy oh boy who is he? i can usually struggle past the traffic lights, are you unloading at same time?

Posted by The Bat, on 11-06-2009 20:04,

tuzo, most certainly not. I see this obstruction on market days on my way to my place of gainful employment. I can't stand to see innocent birds being blamed for the idiotic behaviour of humans. What type of person believes that if nature doesn't conform to their little world that we have the right to kill anything that 'doesn't fit in'?

Posted by goccibos, on 12-06-2009 07:21,

Off subject on the white van;

It's usually Framptons who are too lazy to go to the rear of the shop, if you want let them know how helpful they are! And don't be surprised at their rude respone, nice happy local business!

Posted by Willowherb, on 12-06-2009 08:42,

It's rubbish day in Skilling again and the house opposite Skilling stores has AGAIN left all it's rubbish out in a bag to be ripped apart and thrown all over the pavement before the bin men reach them. It is noticeable that the gulls come in to Skilling from the Bay for rubbish day as they know they can get a good feed ... they also know that someone at one end of Edgehill Road will feed them nice bird food too.

Enough of that ... putting rubbish out the night before is fine if you wrap it securely ... just slinging it out and expecting nothing to eat it is churlish and stupid. Also wheely bins are expensive and non viable for a good chunk of the people in Bridport ... the answer is to put your rubbish out securely so nothing can get into it and if something does get into it to take some responsibility and clear it up ... it's not hard but I'm constantly surprised at how many people just cannot be arsed to look after the area where they live. If you don't want to look at your rubbish what makes you think anyone else does???

Rubbish is not any of the Councils problems ... we pay them to COLLECT it ... not to look after it once we've put it out. If they throw it all over the floor when they go to put it in the back of the lorry then they are obliged to clear it up. If a seagull, fox, cat or other creature tears the bag apart and chucks it all over the place because you put your tasty leftovers in a flimsy bag and then stuck a big COME EAT ME sign to your rubbish bag that's not the Council to blame ... that's you.

Lets all just take a moment to consider how much we enjoy looking at rubbish all over the road and then think about what we, as individuals, can do to reduce the problem. We cannot expect someone else to sort this out for us ... yes the Councils may be able to help with repeat offenders but YOU are can help more with the overall problem than they can.

Posted by Carlito, on 12-06-2009 14:03,

1 month of SKY SPORTS subscription + monthly payment on financed HD TV = £45

Wheelie Bin = £30

It's a matter of priorities. Seen how many dishes there are in Skilling!!!???

Posted by ted, on 13-06-2009 20:13,

Dearest tuzo, I think if you use hyrogliphics, you comments could be easier to read.
I said "gulls SHOULD be culled". We all know they are protected, that's why the pavements are full of sanitary towels and spud peelings, and pedsetrians and cars are covered in stinking excrement.

Posted by St. Huge le Vast, on 14-06-2009 07:12,

Dearest fellow contributors: Trouble is in English society many have been brought up to expect that anything unpleasant or onerous can fairly be left to "them" to do on our behalf. "Them" can be any position of officialdom, and Lord knows there are enough to choose from. So, residents of Skilling or any other quarter of our fair town who put their flimsy sacks of waste out too early feel justified in that they have done their bit in carrying it to the kerb as instructed: now it's over to someone else to clear up any mess which might result. I don't think we can fix that, it's part of taking some responsibility for one's own actions.

But we can and should take to task those businesses who do the same with their trade waste. I would have thought after the recent Wip Wop report there would have been a change in behaviour but when I had cause to use South Street and West Street one evening, the mounds of bright green waste bags were there as usual, propped up in convenient mini-Colmers Hill arrangements for the convenience of any passing creatures with sharp beaks, teeth or claws.

Unlike individuals, slovenly businesses can be shamed into action. I say start there: photos on the Bucky-Doo notice boards of the scattered ordure with the business names prominent in the background would be a good start. Eh?

Posted by tuzo, on 15-06-2009 13:51,

i am sorry ted, you have completely lost me, or yourself or both of us, i see the large word SHOULD but i cannor bring together any of your points ....human leaves detritis on the street gull takes it human kills gull its all a bit caveman ....

Posted by funnyfly, on 19-06-2009 10:42,

Friday 19 June. Walked down Rax Lane and Downes Street. Piles of litter, vomit, stains etc. I blame 1. plastic bags: it should be illegal to put out bags not enclosed in a dustbin etc. 2. Litter men scatter it around when collecting, training needed here. 3. The council should clean the streets more often, what do we pay council tax for? In Italy they are swept and washed very day. I have lived in Bridport for 3 years, lovely place, but this is a blot on the landscape. Wheely bins are not the answer as they will clutter up the streets especially narrow ones. Other places are trying to get rid of them. In 3 years I have not seen anyone from the council cleaning the streets, and I go to the centgre of Bridport most days.

Posted by Shibby, on 19-06-2009 12:39,

Hey Funnyfly read Willowherbs comment above "we pay the council to COLLECT our rubbish ... not to look after it once we've put it out."

They clean the streets every morning if you are up early enough to catch them.

In Italy and other countries the businesses keep their own street frontage clean, the only businesses in this town I see doing that are the Indian and Chinese restaurants. Other Bridport businesses are happy to look the other way or look for someone else to blame (usually th council).

Posted by Beige Bland, on 19-06-2009 14:32,

oh dear, don't get me started. "Irac 19" mentioned doggie doo, I live in the town centre and have witnessed a shop owner, allowing HIS dog to pee in other shop doorways......

Posted by The Bat, on 19-06-2009 19:22,

Shibby, interesting point about Bridport Indian and Chinese restaurants taking responsibility for the rubbish they put out for collection. I have never noticed this, but since your post I have, and you are correct. Well done those Bridport businesses! They are an example to other Bridport businesses.

Would sniping a few people help get the message across do you think?

Posted by dogonastring, on 23-06-2009 20:45,

A gull nicked my fish straight out of the newspaper on the beach once, I hate them!

Posted by The Bat, on 23-06-2009 23:08,

dogonastring, I feel this says more about your level of awareness than the level of action required against innocent birds who are simply behaving in line with their nature.

Posted by goccibos, on 24-06-2009 06:14,

Top Tip:
Put your rubbish out in front of your neighbours property, that way everyone thinks they are uncaring idiots!

Posted by Editor, on 24-06-2009 08:32,

This is a thread about the problem PEOPLE make when they do not protect there bins from pests and how we could remedy the situation. If you want to talk about gulls go to cull the gull?

Posted by Willowherb, on 26-06-2009 17:10,

Making it illegal not to have a dustbin isn't the answer, nor are wheely bins, charging people for putting their rubbish out early or culling gulls ... the only answer is that each household and business take responsibility for their own rubbish, ensure that it is secure before they put it out and clear up the mess if animals got into it anyway.

Thursday night, 5.45, bottom of East Street there is a bin bag being attacked by a seagull ... who has found lots of tasty treats ... the rubbish isn't collected until Friday morning, it hasn't been wrapped in a sheet or put in a bin ... whoever put it out should have thought this through but no!!! Friday last week the regular rubbish bag torn open opposite Skilling Stores had a small towel on top of it ... amazingly something had worked out that the fully visible black bag under it was still full of food and had torn it open anyway. These very lovely sites are not the fault of the animal, the bin men or the council ... they are the fault of lazy humans. If your neighbor needs a nudge in the right direction then have a word ... if you need a nudge in the right direction then you should be ashamed.

And just because people in Skilling (and other areas of Bridport I'm sure) have dishes on their houses and flats doesn't mean they have a new telly or Sky Sports ... we have a dish ... it was there when we moved in and no subscription to Sky or anyone else ... and I can still put my rubbish out every week without it getting thrown all over the street.

Posted by The Bat, on 27-06-2009 06:18,

What's that you say? Charging people is the answer?!? The people are already charged, it's called council tax.

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