I SHARE Charles Hamilton’s sadness at copious litter on roadsides (Letters, February 20). Living in a national park, the absolute need to present well for tourists is only trumped by maintaining quality of life for residents. I enjoy getting out locally in all weathers and bagging it. A weather-stained plastic Keep Left sign retrieved from a hedge is still in the garage.
It is a national problem, walking today at the open air slate museum at Ballachulish, we filled a Co-op bag. No bag to hand yesterday when still admiring the Falls of Falloch on the way here, despite cans, plastics and even a dog-poo bag hanging high from a branch. I could list so many many more sad scenes.
Keep Scotland Beautiful is running Clean Up Scotland’s Spring Clean Campaign in April and May again. Communities should get involved but how do we influence those who bag their waste and throw it out the car window?
Philip Gaskell,
Woodlands Lodge, Buchanan Castle Estate, Drymen.
I FULLY agree with Charles Hamilton regarding hooligans littering our beautiful Scotland. I used to live beside the main road between Dumbarton and Cardross and never a day would pass but I had to clear up rubbish thrown out by passing vehicles from the drive and grass verges. It seemed as if they were aimed at my driveway. I think the cheapest and best solution is for each council to purchase a drone with a good camera. Fly these along our roads and catch some of these louts and fine them. That will scare most of them as they would never be sure they were not being filmed. It won't help after dark, of course, but things should improve at little cost.
Peter L Harrington,
Flat 25,
The Sycamores, Kinross.
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