Shame on those who trashed lovely beach
HOW sad to read about the rubbish abandoned on Weston-super-Mare Beach recently.
How unpleasant for volunteers and anyone else who saw the state of the beach.
Burying used nappies in the sand and abandoning face masks on the beach is the pits of behaviour.
I would ask all those who chose to create this situation some questions:
If at home you change a babies nappy do you bury it in your garden?
Do you litter your lawn and garden with cans, sandwich wrappers, crisp packets and wet wipes?
How sterile are the face masks and wet wipes you abandoned or walked over?
How far did you look for a bin and did you collect some of your rubbish together or just spread it around?
Why blame the shortage of bins? At least there are bins and used properly would probably be enough if everyone took their rubbish home. The council cleans the beach every day and yet, you still desecrate a beautiful public, shared space. Shame on you!
Come on, be fair to all. We are all responsible for our own behaviour and I find the report damning.
How many of your children might have wanted to clear or help pack up? How many of your children may have touched any or all of the rubbish on the beach? What germs might they carry? If you can pack sandwiches, crisps, biscuits, cakes and drinks to take with you why can’t you take it all home when empty? Is that so much to ask?
Think on these things. We share this world and we should all do our part in keeping it as we would like to find it! By all means enjoy the beach but think of it when you go home hopefully with all of your rubbish! Jean Kittyhawk
Bristol much as they have for the past 13 months. There must be many more people with such concerns and I hope that others will remain mindful of these sufferers and not assume that everyone is as free as a bird. John Glover
By email always did. In fact, let’s have all sport returned to us, rich and poor. As one protest banner read, ‘made by the poor, stolen by the rich’. Don’t stop now football fans; do us all a favour and make sport affordable to all.
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