Pieces_of_Eight
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It is really depressing though, that we seem to pick up more and more each year
I'm genuinely surprised that it took 7 posts to lay some blame on Ronald Mcdonald
It is really depressing though, that we seem to pick up more and more each year
Next time keep a bag specially for McDonald litter. Then go to local store , dump on counter and say I think this belongs to you
Don't the Japanese children clean their schools before they start classes in the morning?In Japan , I cycled over 700 miles and walked probably at least another 50 , in that time we saw 1 piece of litter. Such a strange thing there, we remarked on it.
such a sad world here, local bypass probably has 1 piece per inch.
We found a 12 in pink dildo outside the local riding school one year!
Laughing gas bottles, it's the thing to be inhaling nowadays seeminglysunday morning just up from my farm drive on the main road noticed thousands of glittery slilver things over the road, on closer inspection these are small silver capsules ? gas canisters ? who or what would dump use them out onto a public hyway?
it takes a McDonald eater 7 miles to eat and dispose of their rubbish as we are 7 miles out and that is what litters our vergesHaving done some ditch clearing work myself over the holidays I was idly thinking about the distance one can drive whilst the fast food is consumed after which it is hurled out of the window. We are 4 miles from the local outlet and given how much rubbish there is, it must be the 4 mile radius for peak disposal!
But seriously, being kind to the takeaway customers eating on the move, I can understand they would not want all the debris in the car for the remainder of the journey. Yes if they were thoughtful they would set out with some carrier bags, and they should not even think about throwing things out of the window, but would it be better if the fast food outlet supplied a sealable bag (as used for parcels) and encourage their use before disposal when they get home? Yes there is a cost but the polluter can pay.
If you leave it on the verge, bagged up, the council will pick it up around here.I've been meaning to do the same on the lane leading to the farm. Thing is, what do you do with the stuff collected ? Up to our limit on what can be collected by the bin man as it is ( could this be one reason for it being there in the first place ? ) At least a dozen fly tipped bags in the layby. What's in them ? If it's asbestos, it'll be costly to sort out.... ( another reason ? If there was an amnesty at council tips, 50% of fly tipping would stop IMO )
About 20 years ago, a Ford Sierra was abandoned in the same place. I managed to squeeze just about all the fly tipped car tyres / bags / and other crap into it. Car taken away, job done.
I have heard that .Don't the Japanese children clean their schools before they start classes in the morning?
A local part time farmer was a serial litterer of beer cans on our lane. I knew from the time he came to see to cattle it was him. He lost the use of the buildings and land.The general public are scum...why would you dump your crap out your car window just anywhere and everywhere.
There are no bins in laybys and they are too lazy to stop anyway, just easier to put a finger on the window button.Having done some ditch clearing work myself over the holidays I was idly thinking about the distance one can drive whilst the fast food is consumed after which it is hurled out of the window. We are 4 miles from the local outlet and given how much rubbish there is, it must be the 4 mile radius for peak disposal!
But seriously, being kind to the takeaway customers eating on the move, I can understand they would not want all the debris in the car for the remainder of the journey. Yes if they were thoughtful they would set out with some carrier bags, and they should not even think about throwing things out of the window, but would it be better if the fast food outlet supplied a sealable bag (as used for parcels) and encourage their use before disposal when they get home? Yes there is a cost but the polluter can pay.