05-01-2021, 08:34 PM
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Perhaps a silly question, but are there plenty of litter bins about?People who do that sort of disgusting littering perhaps still wouldn't use a bin if it was right under their noses, but I do think the councils should have supplied many more waste bins for all the extra litter at the moment. I haven't seen one extra bin put up anywhere around here, not one.
Dog poo is obviously a very different kind of waste, but the principle is the same. There are those who always pick up, and those who never do, but not many people want to walk miles or have to go into a shop even, carrying a bag full of stinking poo but there are nowhere near enough bins to dispose of it.
With all the potential extra litter at the mo, we need many more places to dispose of it.
Like I said though, still some won't bother.
I don't see why we can't have fines for these litter dumpers same as there is for the dog owners, there might be more incentive to dispose of these things safely then, instead of just chucking them on the ground for other people to clear up.
05-01-2021, 08:53 PM
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Good question, Mups. There were two front and center outside of the store, but in the parking lot there aren't any, nor are there in most parking lots here.I am all in favor of an in incentive of at least $1,000 for a first deliberate offense of medical waste and going up exponentially from there.
06-01-2021, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Baz46
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I assume that's where you live Surfermom? I don't know about the United States but someone I know went to Canada and was really taken by how clean everywhere was.You might see a different attitude and age group if you lived here in the UK. I live in a small rural village, some of those who drive through here, possibly on the way home after collecting a takeaway and eating it then throw the bags, containers and plastic drinks bottles out of the car windows onto the grass verges, the road, people's gardens and driveways. Some in this village go out once a week to litter pick and clean up after these litter louts, it's that bad.
07-01-2021, 11:11 AM
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We get a lot of litter in our front garden because the prevailing wind blows straight up the street. It's worse on bin day and the day after.Occasionally something will get blown into the back garden, but it's rare. What we do get is stuff chucked over the fence such as bottles and tins, carrier bags, part eaten takeaway food and containers. I even found several car radios wedged between the fence and my workshop, presumably nicked from cars then dumped for whatever reason. The Police were never able to trace the owners.
Over a period of about a week during the first lockdown I found a couple of disposable masks and several gloves right in the far corner.
Wearing my own mask, I tried picking it up with a grabber but in the end I double gloved, put it inside a bag, and chucked it in the rubbish bin, followed by my gloves.
We've got a couple of battery operated liquid soap dispensers, and I got my Lovely Cousin to open the door and turn on the tap so I didn't touch anything until my hands were thoroughly washed and gelled.
I felt nauseated, disgusted, and worried about what I might pick up or pass on to my family.
There are many causes of littering. Ignorance, laziness, and selfishness being the main three in my opinion.
07-01-2021, 11:19 AM
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As Im something of a nutter I took to picking rubbish up walking the dog(it was boredom really).
Do you know I believe others started doing the same.
Its been a few years now since I could fill a bag.
That first year I made 6-7bag fulls.
I should have had myself photographed for posterity with my long reach grabber cradled in my lap and a mean thousand yard stare and perhaps submitted it anymously for a citizens award.
I reckon Im about due an invitation to the garden party..I suppose I could volunteer to pick the litterup there ( just saying incase the queens browsing this forum)
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