Take action over mess

A number of correspondents have complained about the mess that dogs leave. But human beings leave far more mess in terms of litter than any animal.

About three weeks ago I was taking my dog for his daily walk down The Butts, a public footpath at the back of Aston Road, Shifnal.

On the outskirts of Shifnal is a field which is overgrown due to some extent by residents dumping garden refuse near the footpath.

I glanced across to where the refuse was and I saw two green wheelie bins.

I recognised the bins were the same ones which I had complained to the council about early last year, when they were on the backyard of a house in Aston Road.

I reported the dumped bins to the police and council because I was concerned that one of the bins was half full of wine and beer bottles.

My fears were justified when a local youth broke most of the bottles and scattered the glass near the beech tree.

Nearly two weeks later, Bridgnorth District Council came and removed the bins but left the contents.

I had written to the health and safety department of the council about the glass before they moved the bins.

I complained to the council for years about the dumping in the field, but all they could say was "we can't do anything because it is private land".

Surely it should not take years to find out who the field belongs to and the council should get its act together and try to stop dumping in the field where children play under the beech tree and dogs roam, hence my concern about the broken glass.

Ray Williams, Shifnal