Yikes. (Picture: Wessex News Agency)

Someone in Portreath is REALLY angry about littering – and has an extreme solution.

Perhaps one of the most passive aggressive adverts ever to grace the pages of a local newspaper has suggested litterbugs should be castrated.

The advert, place anonymously in publication West Briton, states: ‘FREE STERILISATION for anyone who throws their rubbish out of their car windows whilst parked at Tregea Hill, Portreath. Contact your GP and do your bit for society.’

It is considered a massive problem in the Cornwall village.


Chris Watts, chairman of Porthreath Parish Council, said ‘Littering is an ongoing issue in some parts of the village.



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‘Portreath is hit by large amounts of rubbish every time the sun comes out, as regular as clockwork.

‘We employ a litter picker once a week, but unfortunately we can’t afford him every day and he is fighting a losing battle.

‘In our experience, the locals tend to pick up after themselves. It is very frustrating.

‘In winter we don’t have as much of a litter problem, it’s more about dog mess.

‘Some visitors don’t seem to bother looking for bins which is extremely annoying because there are plenty in Portreath and they are all emptied regularly.

‘It is a constant, ongoing problem.’