BIG RUBBISH DAY (2)

Today was big rubbish day again in our local kommune; spruce things up in time for Easter. Unlike two years ago, my wife and I were sent out to the main road on the edge of town and told to search the hedges and grass verges. And unlike two years ago, we collected lots of rubbish; five sackfuls of all sorts of stuff.

The biggest culprits by far are beer drinkers and cigarette smokers, cans and packets being the most common items. However, alongside them are farmers. They don't generate much rubbish, but they can't be bothered to pick it up either. Their preferred solution is to drive their big machines over the top of it and hope that it gets buried.

Walter Blotscher