I've just read about this service on the BBC News website[1] where it's reported than Instagram have a problem with the name of this app.<p>There is also a well known and well established (with many local councils) service called Fix My Street[2] the aims to solve the same problems.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-36148093" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-36148093</a>
[2] <a href="https://www.fixmystreet.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.fixmystreet.com</a>
Why would I go to the trouble of downloading an app and creating an account for this? I can do the whole thing in a couple of clicks and report a range of other problems on fixmystreet. Is there a way to check if my council is signed up to this? Given the current budgetary constraints councils are under, is signing up for a bunch of apps like this a good use of their time and resources?<p>I'd also be pretty reluctant to report rubbish close to my house and have it marked as a "grot spot"
Not in the UK, but I've indeed considered taking photos of every piece of litter I see on my walk.<p>But my next step is to think, if I'm taking a photo, I might as well pick it up instead of complain.<p>My next step of logic is I can't conceivably help to change the behaviour of people that live around me in the city to not throw litter, so don't occupy myself with it.
I take pictures of trash in the river and put them on Instagram. It's pretty obvious that people are going to soon trash the entire planet.<p><a href="https://instagram.com/p/4KXmvAAD7M/" rel="nofollow">https://instagram.com/p/4KXmvAAD7M/</a>