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james73 · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:

We name and shame the city’s worst corporate litter louts

SOME of the UK's biggest high street names are among businesses hit with nearly
450 fines for littering in Glasgow in just eight months.

The list of shame, given to the Evening Times today by Glasgow City Council,
includes banking giants HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland and Abbey.

HBOS, which claims to have recycling facilities in every branch, is expected
to announce profits of more than £5.5billion next week, yet was still found flouting
litter laws on the streets of Scotland's biggest city.

Unsurprisingly, takeaways were among the worst offenders, according to the
latest statistics which cover May to December 2007.

Designer stores including Ralph Lauren, Urban Outfitters, Karen Millen, Miss Sixty
and USC appear on the list too, alongside high street favourites such as Dorothy
Perkins, New Look, Dixons and The Body Shop.

The Rogano, one of Glasgow's most famous restaurants, was also among the
business litter louts, as were popular city centre bars including The Social, Bouzy
Rouge and The Counting House.

Among the other businesses hit with the £50 fines are international food chains
Starbucks, McDonald's and Pret a Manger - all of which claim to have environmentally
friendly policies.

And the figures show some businesses - including Carphone Warehouse, Subway,
McDonald's and the Royal Bank of Scotland - were fined more than once.

James H
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james73 · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

500 litter louts face court for refusing to pay fines

FIVE HUNDRED litter louts have been reported to prosecutors for not paying their fines.

They now face being taken to court to stump up the £50 penalty after they were
caught littering Glasgow's streets.

As reported in the Evening Times, 8000 people have been hit with on-the-spot
penalties.

Just under 60% of the litter bugs have now paid up - a slightly higher percentage
than those who fork out for similar fines such as for illegal parking.

But the rest - around 3200 - have refused to pay.

Clean Glasgow bosses today revealed 502 have now been referred to the procurator
fiscal, with 710 awaiting referral and three offenders already waiting for a date to
appear in court.

The status of the remaining outstanding fines are either within the 14-day period which
people have to pay or are the subject of appeals.

In December, the Evening Times named and shamed thousands of culprits caught
dropping litter.

Council bosses said those who had not paid wouldn't get away with it. And the figures
for the numbers reported to the fiscal show they meant it.

James H
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ex-tobester · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:

I reckon they should hit public transport users too...after 2 weeks i never realised what a messy lazy slobby bunch of feckers that the people of this city are...i wonder if they have their arses wiped for them?

scallopboy · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject:

wee minx · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject:

ex-tobester · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject:

Ill throw u off mah train for that.

Seriously you shouldve seen the state of my service from airdire the nite...absolute disgrace...manky bastards the lot of them.

Even had a condom on the service on sat nite from balloch.

(on the floor of the train NOT on the train before any comments)

wee minx · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

james73 · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

James H
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wee minx · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject:

..oops.
Many a time I've wanted to sit down on the last seat on the underground......but, yip...its got all sorts of rubbish on it. No one wants to move it including .....me

. I know what you mean tobester about the litter left on trains...its a disgrace and an embarassment to Glasgow

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ex-tobester · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject:

I can imagine it in 2014, visitors from all over the commonwealth coming to a third grade litter strewn city. No poi8nt trying to get people to use the bins...

As quoted in the Simpsons episode where homer runs for state sanitation commissioner..'Can't Someone Else Do It?' (season 9 eps22 - also the 200th episode)

Glasgow..whas like us eh?