keep the beaches clean

Some of its laziness and parents these days are not teaching their kids to clean up after themselves. The parents are cleaning the kids rooms for them and picking up whatever the kid drops. Not smart.

Your suggestion is a very good idea and it should inspire the younger generation to do their share of the work that needs to be done on your local beach!

I don't have any beaches around here but I have to walk out across the parking lot to get to my car. I see candy wrappers, straws, papers all over it. My grandson knows to bring in his trash or I get on him. Why are foreigners so messy? National pride falls to parents to teach their kids to be proud of their surroundings and actually teach them something. It could be made into a game or anything but parents just don't think. Do they expect their kids to know? No! No one cares. Pretty pathetic.

I agree with you. And there are several beaches in my country that have the same problem in spite of having garbage cans so that people can throw there their trash. I have been to clean beaches elsewhere and I am ashamed that we cannot keep ours clean.

Hi Hmm even our beaches are very bad. Previously it was not like that everything use to be clean but now may be due to the increase in population and low cleanliness habits there is plastic everywhere. some volunteers do the cleaning work and also the government organisations but then still its the same. I used to enjoy a lot but now i almost stopped going to beaches due to the mess i see there.

Hi Where I live their is always a bit of litter and fall leaves but we do not have the amount you are describing. It would be nice to see the younger generation help there, we recycle and I think the younger generation here know that it is really for them and their children that we are doing that now. Take care

Yes, it's such a shame isn't? The whole concept of going to the beach for a picnic is ruined because of these lazy, thoughtless selfish people. Maybe the local council should start charging for parking nearby in an effort to pay for the cost of cleaning people's rubbish. I live in rugged country that cannot be called beautiful or scenic or even very interesting to most but it is made worse by the people who throw their rubbish out of cars as they travel along. It's so disgraceful to see and ruins any attempt for mother nature to do her best in this rugged part of the world. What makes it interesting are the creeks, the wattle which does look beautiful and the wildlife. Today, an emu tried to attack my car as I drove home. It was fascinating and I couldn't wipe the grin off my face. Racing an emu is amazing when I'm doing 80klms an hour.

Simple matter is to put litter or trash baskets there for the people to put in their trash. Once you do that, most of your problem will be solved and then all is needed is for a truck to come periodically and empty all the trash. The reason that people are leaving the trash is not because they are inconsiderate, it is that when one goes on a picnic, one does not take a plastic bag from home to put things in, one gets one at the shops. So if you do not have a plastic bag with you that is empty, you will likely leave the trash there. Although it would be best for everyone to put all their trash in one location until the council decides to get permanent trash baskets or containers for the people to put their rubbish in. Once that happens, the beaches will be cleaner.

I went to a lovely looking beach in Latvia. It had rubbish bins and wooden benches. People used to rubbish bins so the beach looked clean. They had a comfortable place to sit. National pride really matters. The only place rubbish should go is a bin. Some rubbish if put in the right place can be recycled. Good luck to all the people clearing up your local beach. Lets hope it will be kept looking clean and tidy.

This is a subject that really burns me up! People will complain about litter but leave behind their own trash! I raised my kids not to litter. I told them the earth is nothing more than an extension of our own house. Once, I stopped the car and made my son walk back and pick up a gum wrapper he threw out and to my knowledge he's never littered again. We picked up others' litter when we were walking or went anyplace, even the grounds of their school. The problem would be mostly solved in 15 years or so if people would just teach their kids to treat everywhere like their own home. Unfortunately, many people treat their own houses just as badly as they treat the common space we all share. Shaming and fining litterers can also work if everyone cooperates and lawyers don't get involved to negate the fines/sentences.

It's hard to show the next generation what something will look like it they don't take care of it, look at our freedom. You should help organize a beach clean up day, I'm sure people will respond and help. I would employ the younger crowd to help because they are the ones who will be able to enjoy it more if they just take care of it now. Good luck.

There is a beach close to my place but luckily there is a beach resort there who regularly clean the beach. I have enjoyed many beaches but the cleanest of all was the Bondi Beach in Australia. There the government does the cleaning on a war footing I am told every 4 days.

Yes I agree with you, the beaches are getting dirtier and dirtier, because of the improper disposal of garbages, and because of luck of the dicipline of the people. I hope Government will take an action for it. Let's save mother eath :)

i cant understand people who throw the rubbish outside ,especially plastics. plastics are really dangerous for nature and especially on the beach ,there are many plastic glasses and bottles . i cant understand why people dont care the sea is ours,so why we make it dirty its really strange happy mylotting