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Sounds like pointless virtue signalling to me. There is the same amount of rubbish regardless of whether it is disposed of at the club, at home or taken to the dump.
Take your rubbish home.
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KenL
Tour Rookie
Never once seen anyone put a cigarette (or cigar) butt anywhere other than chucked on the course. 
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Deleted member 21784
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That wasn't what I meant. Greens keepers are always out on some kind of vehicle , if they get greener they don't have to get rid of bins
They have to maintain the tees anyways.. just empty the bin at same time
Or course marshalls on electric buggies. Done
SteveJay
Head Pro
Absolutely!
Our greenkeepers do the bins which are usually situated by tee boxes when they move the tee markers. Seems a logical use of labour
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
If people don't drop their litter, but take it home with them instead, then the club doesn't need to use any resources in clearing and/or collecting it. So yes, it does contribute (a bit) to carbon neutrality. But, it's more likely to be a cost-saving excercise. Because, after collecting it, litter & general waste doesn't just disappear. It has to be disposed of - which is very expensive. (Unless of course, the club just chucks it over the fence and makes it someone elses problem). In my previous working life, a quarter (ie about half a million quid) of my entire budget was spent on clearing, and then disposing of, litter. And every single piece could have been taken home
As to the OPs club, I just say "good luck with that one". God alone knows how hard we tried to get people to take their litter home. But people are people, and if there isn't a bin, they just drop it.
As to the OPs club, I just say "good luck with that one". God alone knows how hard we tried to get people to take their litter home. But people are people, and if there isn't a bin, they just drop it.
upsidedown
Tour Winner
We've gone off track here , as I suspect OP club,as the same as ours and all other clubs are looking at ways to adhere to the new workplace regulations where rubbish has to be separated into rubbish and recycling at source as we all do domestically.
Removing bins was one option we considered but have gone for new bins with different compartments at £650 each
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
And good luck with that one too.
Having separate, or differentiated, bins is a good idea in principle. But just wait a while to see how they get used. Almost certainly, some poor sod will have to spend time sorting it out back at the depot.
upsidedown
Tour Winner
Indeed but happy we're making the effort to hopefully negate the green keepers/ maintenance guy having to sort though it. No bins would take that away but inconsiderate golfers who litter still means someone has to pick it up off the course
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
We only have bins at two places on the course - one at the ‘halfway’ hut by the 11th green, and the other after the 12th hole (for food and drink consumed after being bought at the halfway hut) - we do not have bins by any tees. We have a compartmentalised recycling bin located as we walk off the 18th green and close by the 1st tee. Members, and most visitors, carry their rubbish. As it is rare for rubbish to be dropped any that is spotted tends to be picked up by members and binned or carried in by them. In general the course is always pretty much litter free.
If most members at @Tashyboy club take responsibility for keeping the place tidy by not dropping their rubbish, there has to be a good chance that other members and visitors will do same. Just make it unacceptable to drop litter and there will be plenty conscientious members who will call out those who litter the place. And if picking up their rubbish for them does not shame them or make them think…well…but I think it would.
If most members at @Tashyboy club take responsibility for keeping the place tidy by not dropping their rubbish, there has to be a good chance that other members and visitors will do same. Just make it unacceptable to drop litter and there will be plenty conscientious members who will call out those who litter the place. And if picking up their rubbish for them does not shame them or make them think…well…but I think it would.
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SatchFan
Q-School Graduate
We have bins on most holes and for a public course people are pretty good at using them. However, as Rulefan pointed out, broken tees are another thing. It's a pet peeve of mine so I make a point of picking up ten per hole which for an average of three rounds a week is over 500 bits of rubbish. I'm no eco person but I feel better for doing it.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Inw
On our par 3s I will sometimes gather broken tees scattered all about and put them in a little neat pile to the side. I guess I should really carry them in, but some players will use a broken tee so I tend to leave them there. Some of us are lobbying the club for there to be some form of small box or similar on each tee for broken tees to be put in…but club is very resistant to on-course ‘furniture’.
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Tashyboy
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Thanks for the responses everyone.
From a personal point of view, I really do hope it works and works well. But my heart tells me it will be a complete and utter failure, which will leave to even more rubbish on the course.
Why do I say that?
As has been mentioned, some golfers cannot even pick up a broken tee and get rid of it. Some golfers cannot even repair a pitch mark. Our club last week sent out a email saying could all those with surname A, repair pit marks on hole 1, surname B hole2, surname C hole 3 etc etc. here’s a thought. Repair your own pitch mark.
I really would like this idea to work. But I cannot see it having a great deal of success.
From a personal point of view, I really do hope it works and works well. But my heart tells me it will be a complete and utter failure, which will leave to even more rubbish on the course.
Why do I say that?
As has been mentioned, some golfers cannot even pick up a broken tee and get rid of it. Some golfers cannot even repair a pitch mark. Our club last week sent out a email saying could all those with surname A, repair pit marks on hole 1, surname B hole2, surname C hole 3 etc etc. here’s a thought. Repair your own pitch mark.
I really would like this idea to work. But I cannot see it having a great deal of success.
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Deleted member 21784
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Are we sure it's rubbish they are on about? Not just a dig at golfers having a bad round?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Members who care can make it work.
If someone playing with you drops rubbish then mention your disapproval. And if he still doesn't pick it up then you pick it up, and make clear that you don't expect to have to be doing it - picking up the rubbish dumped by another member. And when you see any rubbish as you go along just make a point of picking it up - and it's not being righteous to make the point to others that, again, you shouldn't have to be doing it.
Tashyboy
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That’s just it SILH, none of our fuddle drop litter and do repair pitch marks etc. but it is happening on the course which is why everyone is designated a green to repair.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Nut fully but the number of bins on the course has been severely reduced and we no longer have bins for broken tees in the teeing area (they look a right mess).
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
When I first saw the title I thought that this was going to be about the gathering in Bristol -
simply appalling.
simply appalling.
We have members that don't repair pitch marks or rake bunkers on a regular basis so expecting them to take rubbish home is a massive ask that won't happen. A sad inditement of our membership but as demographics get much younger and we attract new members to golf itself, they don't have the background in the ettiquette perhaps some of us had
Backache
Assistant Pro
Litter on our course is relatively uncommon though not rare.
I pick it up when I see it and put it in a bin, but there is no way I would pick it up to transport home.
I can't see many other than the truly saintly carrying other people's rubbish away with them.
I'd of thought it will lead to a significant increase in rubbish.
I pick it up when I see it and put it in a bin, but there is no way I would pick it up to transport home.
I can't see many other than the truly saintly carrying other people's rubbish away with them.
I'd of thought it will lead to a significant increase in rubbish.
