Please find below some of the kind things  people have  said about Clean Highways.

Your continuing feed back, via the contact form, would be most welcome.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Peter Silverman

 

February 2012

What you are doing is really important – we must get more people talking about this.

Jamie Goold

Trunk road litter. Great initiative. I travelled from Colchester to Leicester and back last week – almost all on trunk roads (A120, M11, A14, A6) and the WHOLE journey was blighted by rubbish and debris on the verges and central reservations. Like others I’m appalled both by how filthy we are as a nation and how infrequently the mess is cleared up.

Peter Martin

 

January 2012

I can’t tell you how pleased I am to find this site, well done Peter! I was beginning to think no one cared about how filthy and dirty our country and road network had become. I do agree and thought for a long time now, as do other  supporters, that visitors must have a very bad impression of our country, litter decorates our roads and trees are festooned with plastic bags .  The situation is really quite depressing, one; that the litter has been left there in the first place and two; it is allowed to stay there…. The information on who to contact in order to take action is very helpful indeed. Thank you.

Peter, I am dispairing that the litter situation is just getting worse. It’s literally out of control on the roads I have travelled along recently, A120, A 505, M11 , A14 , A10. It’s perhaps the worst I can remember. What’s the matter with everyone? Especially the ***** councils. My theory is they are leaving it to just before the Olympics, as visitors to this country at the moment, must think they are in Egypt or India. I am ashamed to go out it’s appalling. 

Andrew Gates

Thank god someone cares!   I thought the roads were bad up here in the North-East but recently had a coach trip down to Peterborough. From S.Yorks onward, the A1 is littered almost beyond belief especially in Lincs and Cambs.    At least up here the A1, A69 etc are cleaned once a year.   Down there it looks like there’s 40 years of litter!  Depressing…

Andrew Swinster

 Congratulations on creating this website.We will do our best to support.

 Jill and Mike Trenholme

 November 2011

Inspirational.   When l am out and about in the local area l carry a carrier bag to put rubbish in. Mainly it is sweet wrappers and empty cans. I fear the mothers of the children attending local schools do not have a investment in even trying to keep our street litter free. Why?

Ann Hillis .

October 2011

Great stuff.  keep up the good work!

Sue Brown

Underground Station litter clearance.   Good luck with Boris.  Well done Peter for finally getting the authorities to clean things up. What a shame that they should resort to such hostile tactics when they should be thanking you for your feedback; diligent research and persistence. It is shameful that organisations receiving public money should waste it on expensive lawyers engaged in basic bullying tactics.  I think the mis-use of funds should be taken up somewhere with relevant audit responsibilities.

Andrew Edgington

 

Well done Peter. It’s absolutely astonishing that the “big state” would rather use a barrister to discredit an honest citizen, than simply doing what they are obliged to do and clean up the litter (which would be a lot cheaper).

Jonathan Burns

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September 2011

Well done Peter I admire your perseverance regarding this important issue.  I and many other people have noticed the phenomenal amount of litter disposed of along our highways. If you had not taken action we would all have ended up driving along a rubbish tip. The root cause of this problem must be resolved and the perpetrators of this filthy habit brought to justice. Maybe a law should be passed that confiscates the vehicle from drivers that dispose of litter onto the highway.

  Ray Krystofiak

We must respect our roadsides.  You have my support. I cringe at the litter by our roadsides. Our European neighbours respect their countries far more than we do. We must relearn that respect too.

Frances Munro

 Thank you Peter for creating a positive atmosphere for collective social responsibility!  Congratulations, I am admire your perseverance and determination to tackle this sad issue of the UK – our Litter State.  I have spent the last 25 years travelling for my job in Europe and I can confirm that Britain is THE DIRTIEST place I have ever been to.

John Lindsay

I have followed vehicles driving down the small road I travel each day from home to town, The passengers in these vehicles throw out rubbish from the motors some times trying to deposit in headge rows, I wish there was a web site we could send the registration to and maybe a letter is sent to warn the owner of this vehicle, its so frustrating

 Gerald Wood

A Nation of Litter.   Fully support your aims with CPRE & CLUB.   A303 in Somerset, A358 in Somerset, rural lanes in Wiltshire, public parks, A4 between Chippenham and Bath, A350 throughout its length – ALL AWASH WITH LITTER. Why don’t people dispose of their litter properly? 

 Mike Waight

Great stuff.  I applaud this effort, and personally abhore litter. Would like to see more effort to use laws already in place to clean up our towns, not just the highways.

Tony Warner

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July 2011

Person littering on motorway:  just now on the m6 were stuck in traffic and I saw a person getting out of his car and littering.  The person car number plate is DY11 NBE  

Jack

I’m active in my local Merton community and currently threatening the Council and Tramlink with a litter abatement order after many complaints its the last resort.  We have been trying to get them to clean all the litter and debris on the embankments, pathways and bin areas of Mitcham tramstop. No one is prepared to take responsibility .  Regular Cleansing is severely lacking but we are determined to get them to clean up their act!

Dionne Wilkinson

I am fully supportive of your campaign as the problem of littering in this country is dreadful as far as I am concerned. We now seem to have a generation ( if not more ), who seem to think it is perfectly acceptable to simply dump litter wherever / whenever !   I am frustrated at the apparent lack of government / council action with regard to this issue.   Can you advise what steps can be taken in my local area to get something done .    NB: My area is Tyne and Wear

Steve Dawson

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May 2011

Stop the Drop’s own Will Gates works very closely with Peter Silverman – a tenacious and inspirational individual – on litter abatement orders.  Peter’s website provides some fascinating information about what he’s been up to and the significant progress he’s making.

Bill Bryson

Well done I think the M40  along which I often drive is looking better.

Amanda Benton

The escalating and continual scourge of litter  -  Your campaign is most needed and now we need to ‘up-the-ante’!

I lead a small residents association in a part of east London where litter, fly-tipping, spitting and dog fouling has reached epidemic proportions and is costing our council millions.

It seems to me that the country needs a ‘litter tsar’ to drive behaviour change amongst the citizens but also the relevant local authorities, many of whom seem to have completely abrogated their responsibilities in this regard.

There is no strategic national ‘vision’ for the eradication of the litter problem in England and consequently there is no strategic national plan.

That is why we need a key individual and team to develop a national vision and strategy and drive behaviour change.

James Phillips

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April 2011

Keep up the good work.   I am dismayed at how the roads/pavements become so littered with very little response from Highways Agency and local councils. I am constantly contacting my council, East Herts, to clean up the roads and pavements but I feel like I am losing the battle!

Keith Phillips

A41  Its about time someone did something!!!   Three years ago I carried out a contract in Hemel Hemstead and I could’nt believe how much rubbish was on both sides of the roadway, I tried to report this to the local council to be told that they were short of money!!  I have recently had to use this section of road again and to my dismay 3 years later its just as bad if not worse!   The section of highway I am talking about is from the M25 Junction towards Chesham etc. Many thanks.

 

Roger Darvell.

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March 2011

What a great website Peter and thank goodness there are people like you around tackling the sickening litter problem. I thought it was just me just noticing it and going crazy. Great success on the M40. Hope it’s still litter free.

The uk is trashed with litter and depressing to look at when travelling. My recent tourist visit travelling from Leicester through the lovely Rutland Water to historic Stamford in Lincolnshire was spoilt by roadside litter throughout the journey to and from it. (A47, A6003, A606) Plasic bottles, cans, plastic tangled in hedges and trees. Tesco Bags with rubbish  inside (neatly tied up may I say). Laybys full of rubbsih. WITH NO BINS!( and we only see probably a third of what is on the ground in a car). Most of it will be covered by vegeatation growth during the summer when no doubt the Highways agency/councils will monitor it for their records and class it grade B or above.  highways agency is a joke and obviously not co-ordinating litter clearences properly or efficiently. Why are there no bins in many parking laybys? You see litter that has been on the side of roads for years.

When travelling in France for holidays you just do not see this mess. Why? are they more efficient at clearing any mess up or do the french people take more responsibilty regarding disposal of their rubbish. I think its a combination of both. Keep up the great work you and others are doing.

Dave Curley

Well done keep it up!  If you want any free advice please get in touch.

Andrew Munro

Well done. This sort of action is long overdue.   I wholly agree with you: the litter on our highways and trunk roads is a national disgrace. It would be nice to think that the Highways Agency could be shamed into raising its game.

Matthew Jones

I have recently found about your plight when I printed off some information about the litter abatement order, publicised by Bill Bryson recently. Can I say first of all, nice one and well done, keep up the good work!

Rachael Hesketh

Is  there a petition I can sign ?   I agree with everything you say on this subject and I have thought for years and years that the Highways Agency needs to get the verges cleared as soon as possible. Its a national disgrace.

Carolyn Greenaway

What you are doing deserves support, you certainly have mine.Well done.  I am simply disgusted by the amount of litter that I see in England now, it’s no longer the England that I used to know or would expect.Something is fundamentally wrong.

Brian Oliver

Make Britain Great & Green Again! The litter along the A14 in particular from Cambridge to Newmarket and beyond is thick with litter everywhere you look! Bags stuck in hedgerows, blowing like flags from trees, and debris all along the verge for as far as the eye can see. It is a hazard to wildlife and to drivers as it blows into the road now also.  It has to be cleared urgently.

Samantha Munro

February 2011

Nice work!    I am delighted to hear that you have been successful in using LAO’s.

Ian Francis

Peter, I totally support your actions on litter.

Andrew Gates

December 2010

Finding your website has brightened up a very grey winter’s day!

Roger Davis

October 2010

Excellent work Peter!

Andy Killworth

September 2010

Congratulations to Peter and Clean Highways from Campaign to  Protect Rural England. Congratulations for establishing a really useful website. It has and continues to be a wealth of information on all things section 91 and is a real inspiration. I hope that you attract many supporters keen to take action into their own hands and get their local environment cleaned.

Will Gates (CPRE)

Well done Peter Keep up the good work.

Ray Wallis

July 2010

Really glad to see the sterling efforts you have made against the HA along the M40. I have been battling with Area 4 HA which covers the network in Kent. After years of battling with Kent County Council intervention, the HA maintain the A2 in North Kent on the ‘fringe’ of the EPA 1990. The M20 is maintained free of litter to a higher standard because it is a tourist route to Dover and the politicians use it to access the county town of Maidstone. Area 4 has trouble clearing the A2 and M2 between Dartford and Faversham, especially between Dartford and Gillingham Kent. You have inspired me to enforce the EPA 1990 against the HA. Well Done!

Brian Reynolds

I just have just read the piece in the Guardian about you and how your campaign began. This is fantastic work you are doing, please keep it up! I am currently based in Los Angeles, which has it’s own litter problems but I have been inspired by the work you are doing and plan to work with my son’s school to address the problem of litter locally!

Martin Jago

I have read an article in the guardian newspaper regarding the problem with litter and the way you have dealt with it. I have also had problems with the A40 in Greenford, and I draw inspiration from your efforts, and  am continuing in the same vain of which you are to get the problem resolved. Well Done

Douglas Dimpsey

Well done Peter for showing the way. have often been appalled at the state of the highways and having read your article in “the week” I was very compelled to trace the root of the story. You have done a great job at explaining the process and I am sure the information will be helpful to lots of people.  

Jason Baxter

I am delighted to hear of the sterling work you are doing re litter.    I frequently travel throughout this country and find that I can’t enjoy the wonderful countryside because I am constantly looking at the litter. I would love to get involved with your campaign. What can I do to help?

Judith Gilmore

June 2010

Very inspired by your lead. Is it possible to do the same thing to enforce London borough councils (and their contractors) to clear up litter from urban areas and in particular municipal flower beds? I hope so!

Kirsten Downer

Well done – on many occasions I have been appalled by all the litter on the M40 verges. I thought, maybe one day the Highways Authority will eventually clean up the mess. Congratulations for all your hard work in resolving this matter.

Ray Krystofiak

May 2010

Very Interested to see the outcome of your case.  Why don’t we ever target the litterers? I’m sure the people trying to pick up the litter are doing their best.

John Williams