Camphone Citizen Action in London

Lewisham Council's Head of Environment, Nigel Tyrell, has embraced new technology to clean up its streets.

As of today, anyone living in the south-east London borough can take a snap using their camera phone of the many problems that blight London's roads, such as graffiti or fly-tipping and send it to the council.

"It will help us to see if there are any problems we have overlooked and deal with them quickly."

How it works:

A member of staff picks up the image and alerts one of the street cleaning teams to it.

The cleaners arrive, soak the spray paint with a solution then blast it off with a power hose.

Another snap is taken of the now clean wall, which is posted on the website next to the original, to give a BEFORE and AFTER view. View pictures here

Potential users just need to download a piece of software from the website which will make it possible for them to send in their snaps. And the software is compliant with most of the major makes of camera phone.

emily | 3:14 PM | Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters |
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