Name and shame those who dump litter in our area of Derby, say campaigners from Normanton Empowerment Team
FRUSTRATED campaigners say people who dump rubbish should be named and shamed in a bid to keep their area of Derby tidy.
Karen Williams, who has lived in Normanton for 29 years, said she has seen the state of the area deteriorate.
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Karen Williams wants more action from Derby City Council to clean up the streets in Normanton. The authority is planning a big clean there next month.
The 50-year-old, who lives in Stanton Street with husband Dave, formed the Normanton Empowerment Team about three years ago.
The group of eight meets fortnightly to walk around Normanton and identify problem areas for litter and fly-tipping and report them to the city council.
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Mrs Williams said: "There's a lot of rented properties around here and landlords who just don't care.
"Also the council will remove items that have been left on the street. We tell people to ring the council if they have a large item they need removing.
"But then they say 'I'll have to pay, if I just leave it on the street they take it for free.' There's a really bad attitude to the problem.
"But they never seem to prosecute anyone for it. Until we start naming and shaming people we'll get nowhere.
"People know they can get away with it. No one seems to do anything about it. It's incredibly frustrating.
"If I could afford to move, I would. But you can't get any money for the houses."
Mrs Williams, a charity shop manager for the Daisy Chain Benevolent Fund, is backing the Telegraph's Clean Up Derby campaign.
Since November, the newspaper has been working to get problem areas in the city tidied up.
Derby City Council says streets in Abbey ward and Normanton will be two of the next targets for Take Pride in your Street events.
They see problem areas given a deep clean, which includes removing graffiti, taking away large items of rubbish and repairing potholes.
Harrison Street, Moss Street, Goodale Street, Nether Close, Joseph Street and surrounding areas will be cleaned.
The Abbey streets will be targeted on March 11 and Normanton streets on March 18.
Previous blitzes have targeted Mackworth and Normanton.
The Clean Up Derby campaign has helped to get areas of Friar Gate, parts of Alvaston, the car park of the William Caxton pub, in Sunny Hill, and a disused Rolls-Royce car park, in Nightingale Road, cleaned up.
People who have noticed a problem area of the city can call us on Derby 253053 or use the e-mail address below.
9 Comments
by Derby_born
Saturday, March 02 2013, 12:22AM
“Leicester has a neat little scheme where litter louts are videoed and broadcast on Youtube.
Take a look at this! https://http://tinyurl.com/b45cmjz
Gotcha! Videoed and shamed.”
by janine2011
Thursday, February 28 2013, 7:25PM
“Publish their photographs on the Internet, there will be someone who knows who they are, and if they have a criminal record in their own country, just maybe the powers that be can then remove them.
If it is our homegrown scumbags still publish their photographs so all their friends and neighbours know who they are and can take steps to evict them for anti-social behaviour.
Either way they can be removed if anyone can find out who is doing it.”
by OllyB1
Thursday, February 28 2013, 6:34PM
“I feel sorry for the clean people living in the area because their neighbours s**t on their own doorsteps !!!”
by OllyB1
Thursday, February 28 2013, 6:32PM
“I used to work on RR's main works site Nightingale rd, for months we couldn't work out what a foul smell was or where it was coming from. Turned out to be rotting nappies chucked over the wall from the house opposite and lying on the caging above the factory windows where we sat for tea breaks!”
by OllyB1
Thursday, February 28 2013, 6:28PM
“They have a name, it is 'dirty smelly'”
by DerbyBorn
Thursday, February 28 2013, 11:04AM
“Tamas is correct. Those who do this have no pride either in their environment or their reputation. They are parasites who do not value their hosts.”
by Tamas
Thursday, February 28 2013, 8:28AM
“However you want. I don't fly tip or dump my rubbish anywhere and everywhere, so it makes no difference.”
by sillynow
Thursday, February 28 2013, 8:14AM
“Tamás Fülep
how do you pronounce your name then?”
by Tamas
Thursday, February 28 2013, 7:58AM
“Name and shame them? They have no shame and most probably have a name that we can't even pronounce. let alone know who they are.”