Jesmond Litter: How are residents coping with the litter issue?
By Grace Bamforth
Let’s clear up how some of the people living amongst this are dealing with this, what the issues involved are? And how students can help to change this?
Jesmond Litter. Image by: Grace Bamforth
Having house parties with several bottles of alcohol. Arriving back after a night-out with a McDonalds bag. Emptying your car filled with coffee cups to supply your caffeine needs. We all know how the litter around Jesmond appears, more than two million pieces of litter are dropped in the UK every day.
In the windy months and student filled Jesmond, litter surges. That of disposable waste: Vapes, cans, glass bottles, become an accessory to Jesmond streets and an eye sore to residents. Rats have a field day, but no one wants the...