Please put rubbish in the bin
No one likes visiting a park and seeing items of rubbish everywhere so please put all rubbish in the bins located around the park for your convenience.
Litter includes items like cigarette butts, food scraps, bottles and packaging. But littering isn’t just ugly. It is an environmental problem. Littering pollutes our parks and causes environmental damage. Littering can also affect an area’s image.
Would you play in a park with litter all around you?
Research has shown that littering behaviour is affected by things like lack of social pressure to do the right thing. The message is clear - littering is socially unacceptable behaviour; we are all responsible for the cleanliness of the places we visit; and we must put our rubbish in the bin or take it with us. At the end of the day, it’s bad for the environment, it makes public places look awful.
- Put your rubbish in a bin.
- Take your rubbish with you if no bin is available.
- Keep a bag in your car to collect rubbish.
- Put your cigarette butt in a butt bin, or an ordinary litter bin when extinguished.
- Keep a container in your car to collect cigarette butts.
- Recycle plastic and glass bottles at a refund collection point.
- Buy less packaging and use reusable containers.
Fines for littering
Littering is a serious issue. That’s why there are fines for doing the wrong thing. On-the-spot fines can be issued for littering, ranging from $80 to $900. This includes litter from uncovered loads, flicking cigarette butts or other items from motor vehicles, leaving rubbish behind at a park or beach.
