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Last Updated: Monday, 14 February 2005, 00:58 GMT
In Pictures: Beating graffiti

Photo of graffiti taken on camera phone

People who spot graffiti or fly-tipping in Lewisham can take a picture of it using their phone then send it to the council.

Photo of reported graffiti shown on website

All users need to do is download some software from the Love Lewisham website onto their mobile phone.

Soaking graffiti in solution

Once the problem is reported, cleaning teams are alerted to the problem and start dealing with it.

Graffiti being tackled with a power hose

Once the graffiti is soaked in a solution a power hose is used to blast it off the wall.

Picture of clean wall being taken on camera phone

The staff then take a picture of the area which has been cleaned-up and send it back to the website.

Before and after photos on website

You can see if the problem has been solved on the website where an 'after' picture will be posted.




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