While Dundee and Glencoe may pride themselves on its ability to attract tourists here who are eager to visit the world-famous battlefields, the seemingly out-of-control dumping and littering is putting a dent in the aesthetics of the municipal area.
Almost daily residents contact the Courier to complain about the dumping of refuse and/or building rubble. The ongoing parties – that bring with it anti-social activities – at Coronation Park are well documented. The municipality’s bid to curb the littering in the park by installing large refuse bins has been a waste of time, residents say.

While the municipality does their best to keep the town ‘clean and green’, it appears as if the people themselves must also come to the ‘party’ if dumping must fall.

Another dumping spot – mainly for building rubble – is Smith Street near the Commercial Road intersection. A sign warning against dumping is also ‘just a suggestion rather than a command’, say residents who live nearby.
Fanie Terreblanche, who lives on a small-holding on the old Wasbank road, outside Glencoe, was horrified to discover a van simply off-loading bags of waste paper and other refuse at the side of the road – even though the official dumping site is only metres away.

A resident on the little-known Sonumuir Avenue near the Dundee railway station is also upset that people constantly leave rubble outside her house. While the municipality does their best to keep the town ‘clean and green’, it appears as if the people themselves must also come to the ‘party’ if dumping must fall.