Fighting Litter … One Kid at a Time

By Queuebot in Everything Else on Mar 22, 2009 at 1:05 pm

Shopkeeper Yvonne Froud was fed up with all the trash strewn around her village in Gloucestershire, England, so she decided to do something about it. Whenever a kid buys treats from her shop, she writes the child’s name on the packaging …

Mrs Froud said if named wrappers were found on the streets, she had a chat to the “offender” who was temporarily banned from the shop or asked to pick up some litter as a consequence.

“On the whole the feedback has been good.”

The clean-up campaign began four weeks ago when the children were encouraged, with the incentive of an Easter egg, to pick up sweet and crisp packets.

Link – via arbroath

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Tags: environment, litter, litterbug, trash, Yvvone Froud

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Atlanta Private Investigator
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 pm
HAH…how clever, but I can see this one being abused. One kid will give his candy to another who’ll then toss the wrapper just to get him/her in trouble.
Mouserz
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 1:49 pm
what if they put it in a trashcan but the wind blows it out again?
Jake
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 1:50 pm
or maybe writing their friends names on litter and throwing it
Johnny Cat
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
A. If you give your tagged bag to a “friend” who may toss it on the ground, you get what you deserve.
B. I don’t think I’ve ever seen wind blow trash out of a trashcan.
C. I think she knows her own handwriting.
tobot
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
they were doing this 25 years ago in my primary school in the uk
Skipweasel
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Take it home and put it in the bin there – then it’s not likely to blow away or get dumped by “friends”.
CrypticJ
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Now if only this concept could be applied to cigarettes, we wouldn’t have smokers dumping their stubs out car windows on the freeway and on the curb while they’re walking.
Jigore
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Because only kid throw litters.
Dumb woman think she solved pollution.
Oh and yeah, wind sometime blow thrash out of thrashcan, you need to get out more Johnny.
meg
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Jigore, I’m sure she knows she hasn’t solved pollution. She seems to have more sense than you, at the very least. It’s just a way to tidy up her hometown, and get kids in the spirit of throwing things in the bin instead of the street. Get the stick out of your bum.
Frau
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Exactly what Skipweasel said. Take the trash home.
tomtom
Mar 22nd, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Next step: name and address on cigarette butts.
yosh hash
Mar 23rd, 2009 at 6:10 am
Nobody is saying this is a perfect idea. However, it is novel and courageous, and I am blown away by its effective simplicity. I hope this grows wings, Ms. Froud deserves a medal.
DOJ
Mar 24th, 2009 at 1:47 am
or sell candy with no wrapper, like Little House on the Prairie

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