{"id":397363,"date":"2025-09-04T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/397363\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:40:10","slug":"park-in-renfrew-now-beyond-acceptable-over-littering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/397363\/","title":{"rendered":"Park in Renfrew ‘now beyond acceptable’ over littering"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Cllr John\u00a0Gray has become increasingly fed up with the \u201csheets of litter\u201d he sees every time he visits\u00a0Robertson Park in Renfrew.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Invariably, he says, the litter\u00a0predominantly consists of empty cans, broken bottles and shards of glass everywhere and even discarded water bottles abandoned by local football teams.\n<\/p>\n

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\n He said: \u201cThe condition of Robertson Park in Renfrew – dearly loved by all who live here – is now beyond acceptable.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe can no longer tolerate the neglect and abuse of this space which ought to be a safe and pleasing place for all of us.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n The local politician has received calls in the last few weeks from residents who are similarly concerned about the issue.\n<\/p>\n

\n Particularly they have highlighted the mess being left by kids using the skatepark and adults sitting drinking.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Cllr Jamie McGuire arranged a clean-up by council workers only a few weeks ago, but Cllr Gray says that unfortunately the problem has become \u201crelentless\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

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\n \u201cThe council must and always will do its bit, but it also requires the goodwill and consideration of everybody who uses it, to keep this park in good condition,\u201d explained the Cllr, who represents Renfrew North and Braehead.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThose who use the sporting spaces are welcome to do so, sport is encouraged, but it would be of enormous help if the players would please leave the area as they found it.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cOur children and young persons are welcome to continue to play and socialise here, but I would appeal to them, that they must use the bins provided for their litter.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cBins are placed all over this park, so there is no excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cllr Gray also reminded people that the consumption of alcohol in public is forbidden in Renfrewshire Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a shame that I have to speak in such a way,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cNot only do I live nearby, using and enjoying this park myself, but also, as a councillor I represent the many hundreds of people who likewise use and enjoy this park very much.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cLet’s keep it good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cllr John\u00a0Gray has become increasingly fed up with the \u201csheets of litter\u201d he sees every time he visits\u00a0Robertson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-397363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115146314493018403","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}