The long weekend in the UK to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee was truly wonderous. There were street parties, parades, events put on up and down the country. Even my little town did its bit with a funfair, a stage and live band in the park and after the beacon had been lit, fireworks to finish. But as we walked away the field was littered with rubbish. Bottles, plastic cups, the remains of half eaten food - just abandoned on the field. The bins were no better. There were full to over flowing many times over. Earlier in the evening I had seen someone try to empty them. There was a team going around picking up the litter as they found it, but the crowd was too big and their number was too small.
Many people talk about climate change and recycling but for some of the population the message has yet to get through.