ECO ISLAND? Isle of Wight council - All Talk?

[sylvianblue]

I thought the sand was being raked to pick up rubbish left by those lucky enough to have time to lounge about on the beach all day rather than walking the few yards to the bins. It certainly seems cleaner after, but perhaps it's just burying the rubbish? I'm more concerned about educating people/teenagers to put their beer bottles in the bins rather than smashing them on the beach/paths for dogs/tots to walk on. However, I only live here - my opinion doesn't count.

[isleofwightinsider]

They have people walking along the beach every morning in summer picking the rubbish up, the rake just makes it look flat and I have seen it smash bottles as they just drive over them.

You are right your opinion doesn't matter in the least to this council by try telling them you are on holiday when you phone up to complain.

As for putting rubbish in bins have you tried the Pugh method? of telling them to - "Put your F**king rubbish in the bin" Its done wonders for his career prospects :)

[stanzamuso]

hands out*

[stanzamuso]

It's because the guy who has the contract is married to the woman at the council who hands at the beach concessions. ;) TRUTH!

[Kellyannwoodesonbell]

Yep that would be why they wouldnt send our company an application for the beach cleaning contract until the very last minute which did not give us enough time to provide all the information rtequired. We knew there was something fishy about this whole thing!!!!!

[tomterahedrob]

Great points.Beware of the greenscammers.The new bastion of the scum.

[minimartin3]

how come when i walk down the beach then its covered in litter and after its been raked it looks clean? is it working to get rid of litter or is somthing else at work i.e. they just cover it up? if this is so isnt this more damageing?

[isleofwightinsider]

They employ contractors during the summer months to manually collect rubbish from the beaches every morning, yet in the winter months its just left on the beaches as although it is still the councils responsibility to remove it, they don't do so as there are no holiday makers on the beach (which is all they care about when spending your council tax)

The rake doesn't pick anything up, it is a pointless waste of money and energy and is purely cosmetic.

[keithisleofwight]

The sand is RAKED to remove things like syringes left by junkys and removes broken glass from drunks and it finds lost property, its not just cosmetic.

[isleofwightinsider]

Its raked purely to make the sand flat and it doesn't pick up bottles it breaks them!

[isleofwightinsider]

cont.

The rakes can be set to pick up rubbish if the sand is pure but if that was done so here would pick up all the stones as the beach atRyde is half sand and half stones.

Besides which if it was picking stuff up it would have to be constantly emptied and I have never once seen it emptied, ever.

As for syringes that's a good point and a very good reason to not walk bare foot, or lay on the sand, or let kids play in it etc. etc.

[isleofwightinsider]

The consensus of opinion definitely appears to be indicating that he has achieved the status of a wanker.

[IsIandeye]

yes he is a wanker

[IdleShitStirrer]

Hunter Henderson`s a wanker

[KongoXIIV]

"do its bit"

"do my bit"

"do our bit"

Those kinda sentences get right up my nose straight away!

It's always let's "Do our bit" always about the "bit" when really all it means is "Let's help soften the landing that you are paying out unndeeded money".

More often than not, as noted here, they do more damage than good.

Business could never be better, yet if they had there way with no cars etc, business would be dead...but were no sposed to work that out remember.

[lightsgonebright]

Hunter henderson is a wanker I have caught him Tossing.

[isleofwightinsider]

Is he?

I suspected as much!

Have you started smiling at the holiday makers yet?

[isleofwightDOGS]

They are all wankers the IOW in IOW Council actually stands for: Incompetent Old Wankers