To avoid giving the wrong impression, I think it's also important to mention that local authorities also helped by quickly removing all the rubbish we collected during this event. The amount of rubbish on our streets is even more disheartening for them than it is for us volunteers, because they deal with it everyday.
After Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans, USA large trucks with giant vacuum hoses suck up bottles and mountains of trash. I believe this is what you need. *These hoses can reach over walls and down slopes. This is the answer and tax money should pay for a fleet. Prisoners can help too. ANY COMMENTS ❓❓❓❓❓😓
Looks so good! I'm originally from New York USA and I can honestly say that the litter problem in this area is about the same as N.Y.C. Which has millions of people. It's such a shame
I'm glad you were able to find help. I feel the same way so your concern and work are appreciated. It's difficult to believe the trash cans are there and the garbage is on the ground around them. No respect for their outside home. If more people were fined for littering we probably eliminate so much pollution.
Thanks! Some of the volunteers have kept at cleaning up this area every week even after the event ended. They still average between 20 and 30 bags per session, with no change in sight...
Trail cams might be a great idea in those service alleys. I am convinced, at least from what I have seen in my area, that it's always the same handfuls of people producing most of the rubbish. There are definitely patterns to littering and fly-tipping - I never see anything at the old folks' home, for instance. Council estates are among the worst places. Homes that have been converted into multiple bedsits are also usually bad. Student housing is split 50/50. Graduate students tend not to litter. Undergrads however.......... Renters are more likely to litter than homeowners.
Yup, those are exactly the conclusions I've reached after 2.5 years of litter-picking. And we've tried finding a solution for those service roads, but it's excruciatingly difficult due to them being "private", though it's simply impossible to find out who is the owner - seriously. Some business owners who use the roads and who should technically benefit from them being tidy simply don't care or are actually the ones abusing the roads, which is why there is a lot of business waste fly-tipped there. Even installing a gate to prevent fly-tippers from entering proved to be an impossible task due to a lack of cooperation. The Council has no direct powers there either, but it's not making much use of its indirect powers either, so everything is just left to devolve, that's the truth...
@@KeepItCleanLondon To be honest, for the greater good, I tend to ignore red tape. I don't ever hold out hope that the council or the legal system will do anything for me - I go straight to the court of public opinion. Name and shame is my primary MO. I've found it to be far more effective than waiting for the powers that be to decide to take action. I have trail cams at some of my primary local dumping grounds, and I catch the number plates of people dumping. Track them down and move all the trash they dumped onto their front doorsteps with an anonymous note. Yes, it's illegal, but to be honest, I'm beyond the point of caring about that. The law is a hindrance in this situation, and it's all for a good cause. At first, I did try going through the system, reporting, complaining, submitting evidence, but it never did any good. Nothing ever happened. I don't blame the police - they're understaffed and underpaid for the amount of work they have. And the council is too busy with PR stunts, petty infighting, corrupt developments and buddying up with the rich and powerful.
Sheer laziness! Granted, a small amount of trash blows into the streets, but the overwhelming majority is due to lazy, uncaring humans that do not want to hold onto their trash until they either make it home or find a receptacle. Sad. Keep up the great work, from the U.S./California.
Holy hell, not trying to boast or anything I am just shocked, I can assure there is no single place in my country where you would find that much trash on the streets even in the worst neighbourhoods of cities
Thanks! Yeah, I admit got a bit overboard with fast-forwarding in this episode. I usually try to fast-forward to no more than 3x the speed and only on short segments. Will be more careful in the future.
We usually don't separate recyclables, because litter bags are collected together by the Council's waste collectors. However, some volunteers do separate recyclables and take them to the recycling centre themselves.
Really a lot of trash! What a mess! It seems to me the dumped trash in the streets is not the real problem. The true issue lies with those who throw trash without remorse.
Well, it's not that expensive, but it's not free either, so people will try anything to save money. But that is not the only issue, there are other factors at play.
Maybe we don't have this situation in Sweden because we pay such high taxes..? And because of that we have a well-developed waste disposal system and people who are enployed to pick up litter. Of course, London is a big city too. But here, people will social shame you for littering. 😅
There are high enough taxes here too (not as high as in Sweden, but quite high), however, I don't think that's the issue. There are many places in the UK where you don't see this mess - or at least not to this degree. It's a major issue that has multiple roots: cultural, social, political, administrative, financial. It's complicated and we haven't quite figured out how to solve it. But we're trying. :) Thanks for watching.
look at the areas with the worst litter issues - Newham, Brent, Harrow, Tower Hamlets etc. and then look at the demographics... and... well make your own conclusions.
Well, they are heavily immigrant boroughs with limited generational wealth, where poverty rates are the absolute highest in all of London (Tower Hamlets, Brent and Newham, in that order, are #1, #2 and #3 on London's poverty index), and where there are problems with overcrowding of properties, high crime and anti-social behaviour. All true facts, no one can say otherwise, but it's important to remind ourselves of the dangers of drawing conclusions based solely on an area's demographics; there's a slippery slope towards disregarding entire swathes of peoples based on those conclusions and I've seen it happening many, many times. Don't get me wrong, I'm upset to with how things are too, all my life in London was spent in Brent and Harrow, but I've learnt that connecting bad things with certain demographics leads to nothing good and it's also inaccurate - there are a lot of other variables that go into the equation of why things are the way they are.
I live in Harrow and I dump loads of rubbish, costs too much go dump With a van, comes in handy you guys are willing to to come behind me and pick it all up thank you
To avoid giving the wrong impression, I think it's also important to mention that local authorities also helped by quickly removing all the rubbish we collected during this event.
The amount of rubbish on our streets is even more disheartening for them than it is for us volunteers, because they deal with it everyday.
After Mardi Gras festival in New Orleans, USA large trucks with giant vacuum hoses suck up bottles and mountains of trash. I believe this is what you need. *These hoses can reach over walls and down slopes. This is the answer and tax money should pay for a fleet. Prisoners can help too. ANY COMMENTS ❓❓❓❓❓😓
Don't let the prisoners escape!
You are so unique. Thanks for your unselfish kindness
Thank you, much appreciated.
Really great job from all those helpers.
Looks so good! I'm originally from New York USA and I can honestly say that the litter problem in this area is about the same as N.Y.C. Which has millions of people. It's such a shame
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Great job guys👏...
We do need to clean our rubbish up...
Very well done to everyone :)
Unbelievable, what a dump. Thank you guys for being great examples. 👍
Hi Keep Cleanup looks bad, there was a lot of rubbish but you clean everything up again. Thank you for your volunteer work😀😊👍💅💪
I'm glad you were able to find help. I feel the same way so your concern and work are appreciated.
It's difficult to believe the trash cans are there and the garbage is on the ground around them.
No respect for their outside home. If more people were fined for littering we probably eliminate so much pollution.
great work
Omg what happened to the UK- never sas anything like this when I lived there in the 60s and 70s!!
That world doesn't exist anymore. Everything has changed.
Immigration that’s what happened.
Excellent
Love to see more of the Harrow Litter pickers in videos maybe a series of videos of them ??
Good work 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow, that´s just insane. Really great work everyone!
Thanks! Some of the volunteers have kept at cleaning up this area every week even after the event ended. They still average between 20 and 30 bags per session, with no change in sight...
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Great work! It would be nice if London had a bottle bill.
2 more years and it might happen. Not for glass bottles though, they're going to decorate our streets until the end of days.
Trail cams might be a great idea in those service alleys. I am convinced, at least from what I have seen in my area, that it's always the same handfuls of people producing most of the rubbish. There are definitely patterns to littering and fly-tipping - I never see anything at the old folks' home, for instance. Council estates are among the worst places. Homes that have been converted into multiple bedsits are also usually bad. Student housing is split 50/50. Graduate students tend not to litter. Undergrads however.......... Renters are more likely to litter than homeowners.
Yup, those are exactly the conclusions I've reached after 2.5 years of litter-picking. And we've tried finding a solution for those service roads, but it's excruciatingly difficult due to them being "private", though it's simply impossible to find out who is the owner - seriously. Some business owners who use the roads and who should technically benefit from them being tidy simply don't care or are actually the ones abusing the roads, which is why there is a lot of business waste fly-tipped there. Even installing a gate to prevent fly-tippers from entering proved to be an impossible task due to a lack of cooperation. The Council has no direct powers there either, but it's not making much use of its indirect powers either, so everything is just left to devolve, that's the truth...
@@KeepItCleanLondon To be honest, for the greater good, I tend to ignore red tape. I don't ever hold out hope that the council or the legal system will do anything for me - I go straight to the court of public opinion. Name and shame is my primary MO. I've found it to be far more effective than waiting for the powers that be to decide to take action. I have trail cams at some of my primary local dumping grounds, and I catch the number plates of people dumping. Track them down and move all the trash they dumped onto their front doorsteps with an anonymous note. Yes, it's illegal, but to be honest, I'm beyond the point of caring about that. The law is a hindrance in this situation, and it's all for a good cause. At first, I did try going through the system, reporting, complaining, submitting evidence, but it never did any good. Nothing ever happened. I don't blame the police - they're understaffed and underpaid for the amount of work they have. And the council is too busy with PR stunts, petty infighting, corrupt developments and buddying up with the rich and powerful.
Thank you :)
Oh my G... That is one huge mess. Unreal.
Sheer laziness! Granted, a small amount of trash blows into the streets, but the overwhelming majority is due to lazy, uncaring humans that do not want to hold onto their trash until they either make it home or find a receptacle. Sad. Keep up the great work, from the U.S./California.
Here In Massachusetts there is almost no bottle litter as most bottles carry 5 cent value so people have an incentive to pick them up
same in Finland but more money, sorry bad English
Great work as always sir. !!!!
I would like to see more of the cleaning/picking up rather than just looking at it?
This was an operation spread over more than a month and unfortunately I could only film the cleanup on a single day.
Well done 👍 What a great job. 😊
I love these big group cleans more of these :D
And I thought Croydon was bad 😮
Holy hell, not trying to boast or anything I am just shocked, I can assure there is no single place in my country where you would find that much trash on the streets even in the worst neighbourhoods of cities
Where is that then?
Fantastic work everyone 👏👏
I would like to see more cleaning
You can check out other videos on my channel, lots of more cleaning there.
It is a sad reality that is happening. Love your videos. Good job to everyone. However, I really get dizzy when you have it like fast forward.
Thanks! Yeah, I admit got a bit overboard with fast-forwarding in this episode. I usually try to fast-forward to no more than 3x the speed and only on short segments. Will be more careful in the future.
I went last week to Wembley Park shrub area near the station and its growing back out of control, with litter and that wall/block is still not fixed!
That is exactly what I was expecting to happen. #workinghardforbrent
I am so shocked to see so much trash😢🤮
And it can get even worse: ua-cam.com/video/mxMqnEk13kA/v-deo.html
Hello mate. Do you guys usually recycle cans/bottles? Actively set every single item to the side? :)
We usually don't separate recyclables, because litter bags are collected together by the Council's waste collectors. However, some volunteers do separate recyclables and take them to the recycling centre themselves.
Really a lot of trash! What a mess! It seems to me the dumped trash in the streets is not the real problem. The true issue lies with those who throw trash without remorse.
Is the trash removal expensive in London? We pay city taxes and automatically have trash pickup each week.
Well, it's not that expensive, but it's not free either, so people will try anything to save money. But that is not the only issue, there are other factors at play.
Are the garbage men (oops garbage persons) on strike?
No, the problem is simply too big for them to have it under complete control.
Also what is the product they used to get off the graffiti?
HG Graffiti Remover.
It's a broken system.
Harrow, Edgware are some of the worst areas I've seen.
2:17 looks like Haiti or a dump, so sad ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️
The government neet to put cámaras in stree to kip the people no put rabish in stree
What kind of people live in harrow?
All kinds of people, I'd say.
Maybe we don't have this situation in Sweden because we pay such high taxes..? And because of that we have a well-developed waste disposal system and people who are enployed to pick up litter. Of course, London is a big city too. But here, people will social shame you for littering. 😅
There are high enough taxes here too (not as high as in Sweden, but quite high), however, I don't think that's the issue. There are many places in the UK where you don't see this mess - or at least not to this degree. It's a major issue that has multiple roots: cultural, social, political, administrative, financial. It's complicated and we haven't quite figured out how to solve it. But we're trying. :) Thanks for watching.
@@KeepItCleanLondoncorrect. Harrow council has one of the highest council taxes in London.
Social shaming for littering should be in every country
Keep up the good fight. I think this city is one of the worse you have done ?
I've seen worse tbh, but it's Top 3 material so far.
look at the areas with the worst litter issues - Newham, Brent, Harrow, Tower Hamlets etc. and then look at the demographics... and... well make your own conclusions.
Well, they are heavily immigrant boroughs with limited generational wealth, where poverty rates are the absolute highest in all of London (Tower Hamlets, Brent and Newham, in that order, are #1, #2 and #3 on London's poverty index), and where there are problems with overcrowding of properties, high crime and anti-social behaviour. All true facts, no one can say otherwise, but it's important to remind ourselves of the dangers of drawing conclusions based solely on an area's demographics; there's a slippery slope towards disregarding entire swathes of peoples based on those conclusions and I've seen it happening many, many times. Don't get me wrong, I'm upset to with how things are too, all my life in London was spent in Brent and Harrow, but I've learnt that connecting bad things with certain demographics leads to nothing good and it's also inaccurate - there are a lot of other variables that go into the equation of why things are the way they are.
People are disgusting,
Litter weeds graffiti …..disgusting. Depressing.Not right.
I live in Harrow and I dump loads of rubbish, costs too much go dump With a van, comes in handy you guys are willing to to come behind me and pick it all up thank you
Happy to help!