Great Green Easton Litter Pick

"You should see the state of the streets in Easton, it's disgusting," said Green Party council candidate Katie Buse (far right in the picture above).

Katie, who lives with her partner Nick Foster (far left above) in Chelsea Road, says the couple regularly walks through rubbish-strewn streets on their way home.

"The council does not seem to have a regular litter clean-up in Easton and we've got tired of complaining about it, so we've decided to pick up the litter ourselves and send the council pictures of how much we collect," said Nick, who stood as the Green Party candidate for Kingswood in May's general election.

Katie and Nick point out that there is one council employee who collects litter in the area once a week, but it is patently insufficient for such a densely populated part of Bristol.

The pedestrian subways and central area below Lawrence Hill roundabout are particularly bad, Katie said.

"There are a number of fast-food outlets nearby and they don't seem to take any responsibility for the litter they generate," she added.

Requests to the council from the Green Party for information on litter-clearing activities in the area have gone unanswered.

Green Party members collected a total of nine bags of rubbish on the day, which we sorted for recycling.

The areas covered were St Mark's Road, Roman Road and Chelsea Road.