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This really is 6 of one, half a dozen of the other but as someone who lived in London way back, when the IRA was casually dropping bombs into litter bins, I understand why the decision was taken. When I visit London now, what strikes me most are the newspapers littering the tube - do people really have space to open a newspaper and read it on the tube? Recycling bins outside the stations seem a good idea. Easy to drop your paper in, easy to empty.

Winnie | 12.11.09 - 6:37 p.m. | #

Funny that it's the gunpowder plot mural that has been affected by this. Are there litter bins in Parliament or were they removed back in November 1605?

Sam Roberts | Homepage | 12.11.09 - 6:42 p.m. | #

At least there will be less litter at Tube stations after tomorrow. That's when the last edition of London Lite is published.

Greg Watts | Homepage | 12.11.09 - 8:32 p.m. | #

I dont travel on the Underground very often but I am always amazed if not shocked when I do make the occasional journey at just how much litter is strewn around the carriages, empty coke cans burger wrapers chips etc, Just what happened to the notion of having respect for the environment, the mere spectacle of watching someone shoving food into their mouth while travelling on a Bus or Train and then just throwing the bits they dont want any more onto the floor is frankly sickening to me. I have never ever thrown litter onto the floor of a Bus or Underground train and I never will, you may have to resort to carrying your own rubbish for a short while but you can always find a bin within a few minutes of alighting from the bus or leaving the station and let's be honest it would be really nice to see nice clean public transport and clean streets again' we dont really need litter bins on stations what we need is to educate the travelling public and teach them to respect their suroundings and, oh yes for those who can't be bothered the introduction of a fine of at least £100 for anybody who drops any litter.

fishislandskin | 12.11.09 - 9:55 p.m. | #

"but you can always find a bin within a few minutes of alighting from the bus or leaving the station"

I disagree. And I definitely disagree when it comes to a recycling bin.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.11.09 - 10:06 p.m. | #

"but you can always find a bin within a few minutes of alighting from the bus or leaving the station"

I disagree. And I definitely disagree when it comes to a recycling bin.

I can only speak from my own experience and I must admit I usually only get of at either Bow Road Bow Church or Mile End Stations, and they all have both bins and recycling bins within at the most five minutes walk from the Station exits. Perhaps the fact that I take responsibility for the rubbish that I produce and am perfectly willing to hold onto it untill I can dispose of it in a correct , legal way makes me the odd one?

fishislandskin | 12.11.09 - 10:22 p.m. | #

If we expect the public to hang onto their litter for "at the most five minutes" after getting off a train, most of them won't. Especially when it's the non-home end of the journey.

Why can't (recycling) bins be located somewhere sensible, right outside stations, rather than expecting people to go on a treasure hunt?

diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.11.09 - 10:38 p.m. | #

Your quite right DG a great deal of the public cant be bothered to hang onto "their Litter" even for five minutes so they drop it anywhere even if there were a bin a couple of feet away they would still just drop it, I also agree that there should be recycling bins at every station, either on the platforms or outside the front entrance, but I bet even if they were placed every 100 yards you would still get people who couldnt be bothered to use them.

fishislandskin | 12.11.09 - 11:08 p.m. | #

There are now newspaper recyling bins outside both stations at the ends of my daily journey, from Walthamstow Central to Euston, and I use them every day. I think a lot of other people do as well as the one at Walthamstow in particular is very often totally jam-packed by the time I try to put my paper in. But when I leave the tube at Walthamstow the floor is always strewn with papers anyway. Hopefully as another commenter said it should ease with the London Lite's closing today.

Em | 13.11.09 - 9:47 a.m. | #

I walked about in the pouring rain near Blackfriars / St Pauls last night looking for a bin in which to deposit the skin of the banana I'd eaten on the train (lining the stomach en route to a wine-tasting). Couldn't find one anywhere. After ten minutes damp and fruitless search I dumped it on top of a tied-up plastic bag of rubbish outside a shop.

Helena Handcart | Homepage | 13.11.09 - 1:15 p.m. | #

There's a pair of recycling bins outside my local station, but they're usually wedged full of rubbish. Well done, people of Wood Green.

Am I right in thinking that there are no litter bins anywhere in the City? Last time I tried searching for one near Liverpool Street, I had to walk across the border to Hackney before I could find one.

martin | Homepage | 13.11.09 - 2:02 p.m. | #

Ah but there's always someone to pick it up and that's their job.

Prodigal Green | 13.11.09 - 6:06 p.m. | #

That's a real shame - I rather liked those murals and it's such a waste to just whack a huge white square in the middle of them. Why not put in some transparent recycling bins around the place I wonder. It's no wonder London has such an appaling record on recycling.

andytgeezer | Homepage | 19.11.09 - 11:12 a.m. | #











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