Our streets are becoming the new land fill!!!

I'm not saying that the local councils aren't doing a decent job, in fact I'd go as far to say that the council tax we all pay is worth the extra money we incur every single year...........that was sarcasm by the way.

I took these pictures whilst stuck in traffic, they were taken on the Wellington Road, near Birmingham, I must of only traveled about 100 mts, stop, start type of traffic, plus it was about 1:30pm, so afternoon traffic near any city, in any part of the country is a nightmare.

Now I'm not too sure how this stretch of the road looked like years ago and I would be amazed to see any comparison, but I'm quite sure it would not of looked like the pictures I took. Our streets in and around major cities in the country are becoming the new land fill, it's sad to say this but it is becoming a reality. I would go as far to say that they remind me of the streets in Iraq, I completed 2 Tours during my Army service, they are not that bad yet but if nothing is done, we will soon resemble the streets I used to see whilst traveling in an armoured Land Rover.

We as a nation have always been proud of who we are and were we come from but pride seems to have taken a back seat when it comes to keeping our streets clean, don't get me wrong, I have seen people out with large plastic bags collecting rubbish from the streets, trying to keep the patch they live in respectable, only to see the next week, the patch is right back to the way is was before, I admire these folk as they are trying to make a difference but it breaks my heart to see that their pride takes a bashing when they are out there repeating rubbish collection again and again.

I don't have a solution to the littering problem, as the problem lies with all of us, at some stage in our lives we have dropped the odd wrapper, for smokers it's butt ends and the youth of today think that because there is people out there that pick rubbish up for a living they are allowed to just drop rubbish anywhere, I witnessed a young kid on his bike polish off a bottle of juice and toss the empty bottle on the pavement, I said "mate why did you do that", he looked back, gave me some abuse and rode off, laughing and saying someone else can get it, I was visiting my father-in-law at the time, so I picked the bottle up and dropped it in the bin.

Please take a good look at the pictures, there's probably worse out there and I know for a fact there is, so if your reading this post, please, have a little pride and DON'T LITTER!!!!