Pics from Sylvester Rd Clean-up, Sep 21, 2013

Reminds me of cleaning the beach on the Sea of Japan. Over the winter, the beach gets very polluted with junk that floats in from Korea. With over fifty volunteers we hardly put a dent in the rubble after four hours of work. I did score dozens of rubber bouncy balls that haphazardly washed out to sea though.
 
Might I suggest that you post these before and after pics in obvious spots up there. With effective messaging to the causes of the problems. Hopefully they will help become part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
 
Very nice to see some folks take the time to clean up other people's mess! It is too bad that some in the shooting community see fit to make a g-d mess & not clean up after themselves!

My hat is off to you guys! Well done!

Cheers
Jay
 
get a magnetic sweeper for the next time, they pick up shot shells also. can't run them on the wheels but you can hold it just above the shells to collect them.


Oh, I hear you! I'm already sore from carrying all the crap out of the bush and bending over for all the shells. It will be a hot shower and an early night for me.

Anyhow, big thanks to everyone who was out there today and to all those who organized it.
 
hats off to you guys. Our sport and hobby would not survive without caring people.
I hope the shooters will see how nice it is when it's cleaned up and clean up after themselves a little more.
 
I often thought that littering and vandalism should be a criminal charge. Nothing digests me more (except animal abuse and people who don't flush after themselves) than peope who have an attitude like "somebody else will clean it up" and "why should I bother its not my job". Singapore banned he sale of chewing gum and I wish it was banned in canada.

If it cannot be made into a criminal charge it should at least be made into a bylaw with a hefty fine, restitution and lots of hours of community service.
 
Making laws is the easy part, you have to enforce it and have convictions and you can be sure these guys would fight it every inch of the way.
 
Making laws is the easy part, you have to enforce it and have convictions and you can be sure these guys would fight it every inch of the way.

Indeed. And you have to get tax-payers on-side when you propose spending (or raising) their taxes on enforcement personnel.

This is really a socio-cultural problem more than anything else. People have developed the attitude that it is, in some way, OK to litter and act selfishly.
I live in an area of my city that has the highest real-estate prices in Canada. You'd think people would want to look after their neighbourhood especially after paying those prices, and those property taxes. However, all of the grassy verges, parks and sidewalks (yes, the f***ing sidewalks!) are routinely covered in dog sh1t. Every day, when I walk my dog, I end up picking up after other people's dogs. And then there are the cigarette butts all over the ground wherever you find a park bench.
Of course, there are laws in place. Sadly, it makes no difference.
People are awful. If they aren't caught/punished or socially shamed into changing their behaviour, then they'll carry on being jerks. Hopefully, the hard work done by these guys creates awareness, changes some attitudes or, at least, shames some people into behaving better.

Again, well done clean-up crew. You give the firearms community a good name.
 
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