I live in SE london/north kent,the local waters are in a bad way,the lakes have bailiffs but not once have i seen any one pick litter.Some anglers blattently drop or kick litter to one side.If you ask somone to pick thier litter up, you are given verbal or a threat of a good kicking.
Also the public are as bad,bikes, cars,buggies,CD,s, trollies,cones,bread bags,the list goes on.
The council dont do anything,example is the river cray in bexley,north kent.21 dumped cars in a 1/4 mile stretch,tons of fly tipped domestic and building waste and all this on a cleen green ,signed area.
The sign has a department phone number regular/daily council and EA patrols.
But when it comes to flood defence,all the banks and reed beds are ripped out by the end of August and the cars and rubble left alone.
I have mentioned to the local environment departments of my intentions to plan and deal with the problems,but they say there is no need for it.
As for litter I do pick up others mess,in front of them if they dont get the hint whilst watching me .I dont litter,when used i place it strait into a bag,even my left over bait.
Do we need a national TV add showing a bunch of Divs attempting to fish and a angler pointing out that they should not litter,also members of the public dropping litter and being pulled up by an angler.
We have these adds for keep britain tidy set in towns,why not around lakes and rivers,both country and urban?