A MAN has become so concerned at the amount of rubbish on the Views Common path, in Huntingdon, that he and his two young sons have started their own clean-up operation. Ahmed Nejim, of Huntingdon, with Elio and Sami, aged three and eight, filled up a bla

A MAN has become so concerned at the amount of rubbish on the Views Common path, in Huntingdon, that he and his two young sons have started their own clean-up operation.

Ahmed Nejim, of Huntingdon, with Elio and Sami, aged three and eight, filled up a black bag on the pathway between Stukeley Meadows and Hinchingbrooke, and said they could easily have filled another one.

Mr Nejim, 44, a physicist who works for software company Silvaco, in St Ives, said: "We had filled up the bag on the path so we did not actually get on to the common this time.

"We do this regularly. We always take a bag with us when we walk to school and nursery and I take a plastic glove from the petrol station.

"I think this is a good education for the children. They notice the rubbish and they know it is wrong that people leave it there. I find it sad that so many people leave things.

"There's so many crisp and cigarette packets but there are also lots of cans and even things like a vodka bottle.

"I think other people think I'm a complete nutter.

"We do get strange looks from people, especially when we are collecting rubbish in front of people's houses.

"But we should all take responsibility, I think."

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