Beaches piled with rubbish show people at their worst

IT seems that we have lost our manners during lockdown.

People are forgetting to pick up their rubbish, because there’s a definite transition from litterfree parks to wrappers and bits of paper floating around on the grass.

Put it in the bins provided or – if the bins are overflowing – take it home.

Since lockdown was lifted there’s definitely been a shift towards socially-distanced drinking in parks, which obviously contributes to the problem.

As different shifts in restrictions happen, there is different litter to match it. The recent pictures of the litter on Bournemouth beach were just awful – so horrible.

You always give people the benefit of the doubt and think that they are kind and caring and good citizens, and then something like that just shows the worst of human beings – selfish, uncaring for other people and the environment and the fact that someone else is going to have to pick up that litter for them.

I have seen reports of flytipping on the news and that’s shocking too.

Unable to get rid of their rubbish because the dumps are closed, people have felt that it’s a free for all.

Why make your rubbish someone else’s problem? It’s so selfish!

The Mail’s September litter-picking campaign could be a good family activity – you’d feel you were giving back and get good deed endorphins. Obviously, you’ll need gloves and masks and if you use litterpicking sticks it should be pretty safe.

The fact that we’ve had this lockdown has meant that the world is a bit less polluted and the carbon footprint has gone down.

If we are trying to make our environment a better place, that needs to include picking up your rubbish.

There are things about lockdown that are really positive, environment-wise, so why go and blow it all?