Scottish Rubbish

Special Report By DANIEL BACH
The Sunday Herald

THERE’S something wrong with the Scottish attitude to litter - that’s the consensus of everyone charged with keeping our towns, cities and villages clean.

From council chiefs and binmen to environmental lobby groups and waste mangement teams the facts speak for themselves: many of us think nothing of chucking chip-wrappers and newspapers in the street, dumping our cigarette butts in the gutter or spitting chewing gum all over the pavement.

What should be a social disgrace and an embarrassing eye-sore has simply become part and parcel of the Scottish way of life. So it’s little wonder that those environmental campaigners and city leaders are now saying that the only way to stop litter louts is to treat them the same as drunk-drivers and speeding motorists.