Man ‘brought to tears’ by marina litter louts
A MAN was reduced to tears after rubbish was left scattered across Swansea Marina on the weekend.
People were out enjoying the sunshine and making the most of the good weather but bars and pubs remained closed under coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
This didn’t stop revellers congregating in large groups and enjoying takeaway drinks.
But for some locals and businesses the amount of rubbish left in Swansea Marina was the worst they had seen since lockdown.
Thomas Shankland said he was “brought to tears” after walking through the Marina on Sunday after seeing the number of plastic cups and bottles left on the floor.
He said yesterday: “This morning I went for a walk around Swansea Marina as I often do and as I turned the corner on to Kings Road in SA1 tears began to form. Across the road from me on the small pedestrianised square that I walk through several times a week I was greeted by an inordinate amount of litter that was almost exclusively made up of alcohol bottles and plastic takeout pint cups.
“Much of the litter I saw was recyclable and there were a huge number of empty plastic cups which with a small breeze – and breezes tend not to be small in the marina – will end up in the estuary and head straight out to sea.
“As I continued my walk, I saw that the litter continued all along the marina and then subsequently out to the beach.”
Dawn Llewellyn-price, of the Maritime Quarter Residents Association, said she had been in touch with PCSOS who had patrolled the area, who described the litter as the “worst they have seen”.
She said yesterday: “There were 400 people fighting and one of the revellers had apparently taken her kids’ potty so she could use it in the car park. People pull into the dunes car park square, eat their fast food and throw the boxes out the car windows. It was like that late last night, but the council had cleared it this morning. Yesterday morning we spent 90 minutes on the beach, dunes and fishing boat area picking up all sorts of stuff.”
Last night the South Wales Police Swansea Twitter account said action had been taken against people acting in an antisocial way in the area on Sunday.
They tweeted: “Swansea NPT are patrolling Swansea beachfront and Marina. Section 35 notices have been issued to groups who were acting in an antisocial manner and they have been directed to leave the area.”
There were also similar problems in Mumbles and Tenby over the weekend with people gathering and drinking.