I JUST want to draw your readers’ attention to a pressing need to deal with the litter that is clogging up Poole’s roads.

Weymouth is hosting the sailing classes of the Olympic Games in July and in all probability visitors will be staying locally to see them.

The litter will leave a lasting impression of this scene if we don’t act and clear up the fast food packaging, cigarette packets, bottles and cans.

On a recent visit to a friend’s wedding in Galway, I was confronted by a notice in park area that said if you don’t pick up your litter, you get slapped with a 1,900 euro fine.

It really bothered me when a colleague of mine from Bournemouth told about an incident of a car he was driving behind when the owner chucked an empty plastic drinks bottle out of his window.

Don’t forget the national press pack will be out in force when the Olympic Torch comes through Poole and Bournemouth on July 13 and if the streets aren’t tidier by July, they will notice.

Contrary to what some might say, it is not just the council’s job to pick up rubbish in the streets but is also the public’s responsibility to either bin it or recycle it.

MATTHEW BELL, Sterte Road, Poole