Rubbish!

[Jose]

What do you think about the rubbish that's left around venues after a tournament?

Despite providing lots of bins, providing a bin bag for each court, asking the teams to co-operate by binning their rubbish, there was still a major clean up job to do at Ormesby following the British League. It's the same at Thornaby Pavilion for the Stockton 4 Star Junior, and no doubt at venues all over the country. Someone has to clean it all up - usually the worn out local volunteers. People wouldn't drop their litter on the floor at home, so why does this happen at tournaments?

How can we change this ?

[Mousy]

What do you think about the rubbish that's left around venues after a tournament?

Despite providing lots of bins, providing a bin bag for each court, asking the teams to co-operate by binning their rubbish, there was still a major clean up job to do at Ormesby following the British League. It's the same at Thornaby Pavilion for the Stockton 4 Star Junior, and no doubt at venues all over the country. Someone has to clean it all up - usually the worn out local volunteers. People wouldn't drop their litter on the floor at home, so why does this happen at tournaments?

How can we change this ?

Look at society in general Jose, the complete infra structure has or is being erroded away and litter is only one of the smaller cause with lack of thought and care for anywhere. I play in tournaments in and around the UK and have seen the aftermath from players and coaches alike, with a mess that a rubbish tip would be proud of.

How does one rectify that, well the answer is simple firstly put a very big statement within the entry form for a kick off, which will draw the eyes to it then police it heavily with a steward initially and see if the rest follows successfully. Heavy handed it may sound but what other way is there?

[Guy]

Having attended the U.S. Open & the U.S. Nationals with my table located in one of the corners of the venue the wife and I saw the juniors pass by us less frequently when we spoke up to tell them to throw the trash in the bin that was less then 15 feet away. Some would finish the drink and put the container on the floor at the corner of a barricaded play area and others would place papers and/or containers on empty chairs as they passed by with the bin less then 5 feet away.
Another problem was people using their cameras to take photos of play with the flash going off distracting play. It wasn't until the announcement of confiscating the camera that the flash photo was almost nonexistent.
So with this matter I agree with Mousy, Something has to be said at the onset of the event and hope that people will comply. Maybe a nomial fee can be collected with the entry fees will help to make people aware of what they are doing. Money always seems to get peoples attention, more so when it leave their pocket.