Litter at shop across from school - should school be responsible?

dulpit

Ran to the shop up the road from work at lunch time. The shop is directly across the road from a secondary school, lots of pupils grab breakfast or lunch at the shop (has a deli).

The amount of rubbish that accumulates outside the shop as a result of these pupils is disgusting. As I was getting back into my car a while ago there was a gang of 4/5 kids who walked away, there was a mountain of rubbish left behind (deli wrappers, drinks bottles, etc).

The shop does their best to clean up the place, which is fair enough, but should the school not contribute in some way to the cleanup? E.g. cleaning parties from transition years or something?

snubbleste

No.

LaughOrDie

Yes

wazky

Here's a crazy thought, maybe the students who are littering should be responsible?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the school encouraging a few TY students to nip across and clean up would be a nice gesture, but they oughta be under no obligation to do it.

dulpit

wazky wrote: »

Here's a crazy thought, maybe the students who are littering should be responsible?

Well that's what I meant, but the students are unlikely to do that on their own, which is why I suggested the school prodding them.

D1stant

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

the school encouraging a few TY students to nip across and clean up would be a nice gesture, but they oughta be under no obligation to do it.

It was called detention in my day

SEPT 23 1989

do kids not bring sandwiches to school anymore?

cml387

How dare you suggest the students pick up their own rubbish.
You'll stunt their development, the poor dears.

wazky

dulpit wrote: »

Well that's what I meant, but the students are unlikely to do that on their own, which is why I suggested the school prodding them.

Well if they are outside the school grounds they should be treated like anyone else seen littering, with fines etc.

That would cure it fairly quick I would think.

jeepers101

Here's an idea. How about the shop, who are making a profit from all the student lunches, install an extra bin.

dulpit

jeepers101 wrote: »

Here's an idea. How about the shop, who are making a profit from all the student lunches, install an extra bin.

There are bins next to the front door, in front of which is a series of steps. The students sit on steps and leave the rubbish on steps, even though the bin is all of maybe 5 feet from them, and they have to walk past it to get back to the school.

rubadub

jeepers101 wrote: »

Here's an idea. How about the shop, who are making a profit from all the student lunches, install an extra bin.

+1, years ago there was always 1 or more bins outside shops, HB ones and other sort of sponsored ones they probably got free.

You might see rubbish outside shops in industrial estates, but I doubt people call on the nearby companies to control their employees, or suggest they take a 30min break on friday and send a team of staff over to clean up.

A lot of littering is due to a lack of bins, many are overflowing as they are so scarce. If you drive through many of these "tidy towns" winners they are littered, littered with bins that is, it would be hard to try and throw something on the ground without it falling into one!

ScumLord

The school shouldn't be legally responsible but they should feel some social responsibility to teach the kids not to litter all over the place. Our schools are to focussed on the paperwork of teaching and not focused at all on producing sociable members of society.