00:00 Intro 00:25 How fast rubbish accumulates 01:24 Cleaning up the same bus stop every week 04:18 Various grot spots 06:04 Working for my first beer money 07:15 Making my way home 07:34 Verge cleaning 10:37 Dropping the filled bags 11:06 Outro
Mate, I don't know how you find the patience to clean the same areas over and over again. Kudos to you, you need a medal. Enjoy your beer money and know that some people appreciate you. You've inspired me to litter pick in my own area so thank you
8 months later I'm still cleaning here in New Castle, Delaware USA.🌐💥🥰 You and Chili_Pips inspire me, it's like we are on the same team. We aren't scoring football goals, we are doing something for our community. 👍 I feel useful even though I don't have a job. 🌐🤩 You inspire me!@@KeepItCleanLondon
Congratulations on you first donation in real life! You definetly earned it. Your persistance, despite all the litterers and the councel making it worse by mowing, is amazing :D
It's so disheartening that some people treat where they live like a dump. I truly can't understand their mind set, a blatant disregard for the local environment and the wider environment. As soon as it rains so much will end up in the streams and rivers and eventually the ocean. People like you and all the other volunteers out there show there are still some decent people in this world, going out there way to make our neighbourhoods a pleasant place to be. Thank you 😊 PS when is this government going to bring in the container exchange scheme. Definitely has a positive impact here in Australia and provides incentives not to litter and for those who litter pick gives them money in their pocket as a reward for their efforts
Yeah, it can be very frustrating thinking about it at times, but we have to roll with the punches (and punch back). The UK is going to get a DRS for plastic and aluminium containers in 2025. Glass is excluded from the scheme.
@@KeepItCleanLondon Very true, that's great news can't come soon enough. Hopefully it will make a difference to the amount of litter and as I say will at least provide some reward for the hard working volunteers 😀
Well done - you deserve that. 👍 More neighbours, passer-bys, etc. should start either helping or at least giving something for litter-picker’s efforts.
Did I hear beer money? 😅 where I live we have a bin at every bus stop , I blame your local council as much as the litterers for this mess, keep up the good work 👍🍻
Unfortunately, bins only go so far to help with this problem. Oftentimes having a bin attracts even more rubbish, as people start leaving their household waste next to it. Many bins, including in public parks, have been removed because of this. It's a societal issue that goes way beyond what bins are capable of fixing.
Well done, I admire your work in your free time. I hate it when drivers just throw stuff out of the car while driving, it happens at our roundabout too, even bottles one time. I spent an hour cleaning up the broken glass and fastfood wraps instead of getting mad and doing nothing, even though our city has a app where you can report things like rubbish and within a day the come and clean it up. I wonder why the people don’t clean up what’s thrown in front of their houses, and why the council doesn’t take action for people who litter, like putting up camera’s.
That's also my pet hate that they don't pick up the litter before they cut the grass it's just pure laziness. That's very considerate of him to give you some beer money. Keep up the amazing work.
@@joao-joao That's exactly the problem, litter is not accounted for when mowers are sent out. Even when it's teams of 5 people out mowing the same street, no one is delegated to litter-pick, it's that badly organised. They will have 2 leaf-blowers, waddling behind the mowers, but no litter pickers. And they will mow over any amount of rubbish, not a moment of hesitation, no coordination with other teams, no attempt to avoid causing this damage, nothing. Manager says "just do it", they just do it, and volunteers then try to mend this environmental slaughter... It's just not right.
That guy was really sweet! Thanks for your hard work as always~. Always gives me a boost in motivation to keep waste management in my mind. I'm hoping to collect a used rubbish picker and begin cleaning around the local streets soon.
Your doing great work and i aprriciate your persitance even when its like cmon i just cleaned this 2 days ago. My area is a bit more on the rural side but i still go out in the morning or whenever i can to pick. Cheers
I never wear headphones, I always try to be alert while I'm out. I've had various meetings with various people from the Council, yes, but never spoke in an official setting. What I learnt from doing that is that I loathe politics.
If you get more money from strangers you could always donate it to charity’s that help with picking up garbage. Just an idea in the future, great job again
Hi! I was wanting to start litter picking in London and was wondering if after you had a full bag, do you just leave it next to a bin or is there somewhere you can report it after, I admire the work you are doing and have inspired me to do so ✊
That's brilliant! Yes, I leave bags next to a bin, that's enough and doesn't need to be reported. All Councils have online tools to report fly-tipping, but for collected litter by individuals that is not necessary. Welcome to our ranks!
@@KeepItCleanLondon How do you think that works? You are not getting a salary for your hard work and time spent, and they really don't care you are free, they probably say he's doing the work why should we solve the problem
@@ArmandaV-s4b Volunteering is never what keeps authorities from fixing problems, those problems were there long before I or somebody else started doing something about them. There are many benefits to volunteering beyond supplementing struggling public services, both on a personal level and also on a community level. It can be a catalyst for local pride and for general awareness, though it's not easy to get there, I admit. What we found is that as people learn about this, some choose to get involved and the more people are active in one area, the better the area becomes.
Also, I been in this world too long to be optimistic, look how stubborn the Mega and trump are and no one by example or showing them they are wrong will be convincing. People will just look at you and say he's doing it so I will let him, because I will still be a pig. They pass the buck.
As ever loving your work... helps keep me motivated to go out and pick litter on the streets of Liverpool. Couple of questions though - what do you use for filming, is it a bodycam or go pro? And secondly would ever want to put on guest videos from another area in the UK, and get the country to less bitter about litter!
Thank you. Indeed, I am using a GroPro with a chest mount. I haven't considered guest videos, the channel is just too small for that at the moment, but I did think of making a video about the work that some other RU-vidrs do - not just in the UK, but around the world. I'm not sure when that's happening, but hopefully soon.
Well, yes they do, but this sort of thing is challenging to fix with the minimal available resources. It also has to do with how society perceives littering as a whole and other social factors that the Council would not be able to control entirely.
@@ArmandaV-s4bIf only this was the only problem to fix, then it would be straightforward, yes, but taxes pay for a hundred other problems: social care, infrastructure, regeneration projects, you name it. Budgets are very, very tight, so there are shortages for a lot of things. Do I think that costs and/or operations could be optimised? Sure, there is always room for improvement, but over the years I've learnt to be very conservative with my expectations of the allocated resources to tackle the issue of littering.
Why there are no trash bins around the bus stops? In Poland there are near every bus stops and on every corner and is much cleaner. Mayby this is the solution?
Too late for that, Pandora's box has already been opened. We can, however, try to move towards bringing the problem under control through legislation, education, volunteering etc. Not easy, though.
Nice Collage of cleanups. That is nuts, litter appeared in the same spot you had just cleaned moments before. I tell people the same thing about my cleanups: This is not my job, I do it because it needs to be done. Oh and mowing trash is an absolute sin but it seems to be common practice everywhere. Great message as usual!! 😊
Thanks, yeah, lots of people think I'm a paid contractor because of the hi-viz vest I'm wearing. So getting tips on the street is not something that ever happens. Until this time, that is.
@@KeepItCleanLondon That is funny, I quit wearing high visibility gear a few years ago because of the same situation you mentioned. My idea is to create awareness, motivate and inspire others by being a private citizen picking up trash. I kinda feel like I had this same conversation with you a few videos ago.. haha Talking Trash!!!
@@TakingtheTRASHOUTwithAaron Yeah, I thought a lot about whether to keep wearing a vest or not, actually, for the same reasons as you. But I ultimately decided to keep wearing it because in some situations it's good to appear as if you're there in an "official" capacity. I regularly litter-pick people's front gardens, for example, and wearing a vest makes it less weird. On another video, someone said they'd "find it disturbing to watch the invasion of other people's private property" and that they'd "alert law enforcement about suspicious activity" for me taking "something that you had no legal right to take". So having a vest helps with those people who are more suspicious and distrustful by nature.
@@KeepItCleanLondon I totally understand what you are saying. Most of my cleanups are in the water system or curb and gutter trash and I don’t deal with peoples yards and property. However I have started popping lids on storm drain inlets and have considered throwing on the safety vest because the city frowns on the practice and it is a real safety hazard when open. Anyway, I fully get why you wear the safety gear. I forgot, is your storm water treated or does it dump unfiltered directly into a water source?
