This morning on the local radio station they were discussing litter on our streets. The show?s host thinks that educating people isn?t working and that we should now just accept that dropping litter is the norm and we should give up and just employ people to pick it up. Despite each caller disagreeing with her she was adamant that educating people was impossible, the litter problem is getting worse.
The first caller disagreed and said that we should continue to educate the young. He talked about rubbish in cars and keeping it in a bag until you get time to dispose of it correctly rather than throwing it out of the window which many people think is the norm.
The second caller thought that we should continue to educate people however thought that those ?on the dole? could also pick it up. 
Idiot mentality, unemployed people should be looking for work and improving their skills, not out on the street because ?they?ve nothing better to do?.
Final caller used to work for the highways dept and stated that 93million alone is spent cleaning litter from the motorways and trunk roads. He thinks we should still educate people.
I was taught about litter at school and I don?t drop litter now, clearly education worked for me.
Personally, I would like to see our children continually educated about litter and the environment. And, if we need people to clear litter then perhaps those charged with community service could get involved in projects to pick it up (I'm sure they do already). If we employ people to pick up after us doesn't it send out the wrong message? It?s about respect at the end of the day.