Post #229104 by hewey on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 8:47 PM

I am in charge of my council's education campaigns for stormwater. That is my job, trying to get people not to litter and understand that drains flow untreated into the river, so the drain may as well be the river.

Tonight is the first home game for our local football club and also the start of a year long campaign encouraging fans to "don't be a tosser at the footy" and put their litter in the bin. This morning I just went out and sprayed "dont be a tosser" and "nepean river starts here" on footpaths and drains everywhere. It will be interesteting to see what results it gets with the crowd demographics of our area :)

Ive gone for more "look after our new stadium" angle rather than "dont litter because it damages the environment" because that is what people will respond to better. We are also encouraging people to call their mates "tossers" if they litter, so people wont litter because of the public humiliation. We want to make it socially unacceptable to litter.