Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
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By *k82Man
over a year ago
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta "
No respect for the land, and why should we care is the attitude for most people, they have lost the manners and etiquette to be absolutely honest with you and its very sad, but well done for what you are doing.
To answer your question no, I never done so being a Muslim its one of my mannerisms and duty to keep my home land clean. |
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"I haven’t dropped litter.
It’ll be those junk food addicts.
I wonder how long it takes for these packets, cans and bottles to decompose."
I don't understand why some people can leave all their discarded, usually McDonald's, packaging on a bench in town when there's a bin only a couple of yards away  |
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over a year ago
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This his something that really winds us up , especially at beautiful locations , muppets visit then leave all their rubbish instead of taking it with them or use bins . Catch them put them in stocks on the local village green & throw rotten veg at them |
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I did when I was younger... due to fact I was a lazy little fucker and lack of thought ...
Now, it fucking infuriates me.. when at school there were big media campaign to stop dropping litter .. that changed my focus .. but now, it down to lack of education and take away outlets .... life story in 7 lines lol  pick it up and take it home ... but like a lady on a Friday night when we could go out
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I never drop litter.
As a child my mom always took our rubbish and put it in her bag until we reached a bin or home.
I did the same with my lot.
None of us drop litter.
The worst that I've seen is those who throw rubbish out of car windows.
And those that have thrown glass bottles!!
I've had words before when I've seen this! |
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over a year ago
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Well done for litter picking OP 
Smokers are among the worst litterers throwing fag ends on the floor is disgusting!
And teenagers with their Mc Donalds wrappers  |
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By *xydadbodMan
over a year ago
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No, I will find a bin or put it in my car to put in bin when I get home.
I won't say I'm an evironmentalist or anything like that but I just don't agree with littering. No need for it really.
Dont get me started with people not picking up after their dogs. Thats just the worst |
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over a year ago
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Good on you op.i live rurally and luckily theres a picking team in the village that do this, i often have to pick up from my gates the occasional bottle/can maccys bag its usually delivery drivers that fling it out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Well done OP, nice to read about someone who cares. A lot of the litter near me appears to be wind blown, rather than discarded at that location.
We had decades of public bin removal, from fear of IRA bin bombs. No excuse for people not to look for one, but there aren't as many as there used to be. Modern society tends to be made up of lazy cunts which doesn't help |
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"Well done OP, nice to read about someone who cares. A lot of the litter near me appears to be wind blown, rather than discarded at that location.
We had decades of public bin removal, from fear of IRA bin bombs. No excuse for people not to look for one, but there aren't as many as there used to be. Modern society tends to be made up of lazy cunts which doesn't help "
Round here we have black recycling boxes instead of wheelie bins and if it's windy a lot of it ends up all over the streets before the collectors arrive. There is so much litter here as a result. |
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It’s disgusting. I cycle a lot and the lanes are full of rubbish, all thrown from cars. Red Bull cans, Coke, beer. Also this recent thing where all the empty contents of a snack / lunch are then packed in a tied carrier bag. What’s that all
About? You never see the fuckers dump it though. Cunts! |
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"I've never done it and always wonder what persanality traits people have that do.
There is a lot about so liter bugs carnt be in the minority. "
I think the litter bugs are still the minority. There's a lot of people out and about. I think if everyone left their rubbish we would be wading through it.  |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta "
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.  |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes. "
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head "
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
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kudos to you OP, i don’t litter but don’t think i could bring myself to pick up other peoples
it never even crosses my mind to just chuck stuff on the ground , but its a subconscious action to put it away in my pocket or bag for later and i think that must just come from being taught good habits in childhood , so i would assume its just the opposite for people who do litter in that they didn't create those good habits as a kid and rather than them justifying what they do they just don’t even think about it |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
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Arrgghh!
I'm going to chuck one in my garden and keep an eye on it. |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
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Really? I often put them round base of tomatoe plants they soon gone! X |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
Arrgghh!
I'm going to chuck one in my garden and keep an eye on it."
Definitely, let us know the outcome of this experiment  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"kudos to you OP, i don’t litter but don’t think i could bring myself to pick up other peoples
it never even crosses my mind to just chuck stuff on the ground , but its a subconscious action to put it away in my pocket or bag for later and i think that must just come from being taught good habits in childhood , so i would assume its just the opposite for people who do litter in that they didn't create those good habits as a kid and rather than them justifying what they do they just don’t even think about it "
Parents definitely influence the kids.
I've watched kids in McDonald's clear their own rubbish to the bin but then also pick someone else's left rubbish up off a table and bin that too.  |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
Really? I often put them round base of tomatoe plants they soon gone! X"
Well maybe I read that on Face Book? joking, think it was google after a friend told me.
Myth debunked. |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
Really? I often put them round base of tomatoe plants they soon gone! X"
Quick google search Guardian Article Scottish Hitch Hikers please take your banana skins home.
They take two years to biodegrade – and Scottish mountains are littered with them.
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta "
I think a lot of it is “British exceptionalism” OP. The classic case of I’m above putting my shit in a bin, that’s someone else’s job. Scruffy fucks |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I don't litter, I was raised to keep it with me until I found a bin or take it home. My children are the same, they hate seeing rubbish on the ground and have often put other rubbish in the bin when binning their own. There is no excuse for littering, it's disgusting.
Well done OP for litter picking. |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
Really? I often put them round base of tomatoe plants they soon gone! X
Quick google search Guardian Article Scottish Hitch Hikers please take your banana skins home.
They take two years to biodegrade – and Scottish mountains are littered with them.
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I'll go with you Candyfloss |
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i found an article that says how long things take to break down in land fill ... some of it is eye opening ... 450 years for tyres , 100 years for baby wipes , tin foil NEVER
says most veggies are between 5 days to a month but fruits can take longer especially if acidic - apple cores 2 months and orange and banana peels 6 months but the nutrients in all of them make them good for composting (not sure if composting actually breaks if down quicker?
not sure i can link it but search how long it takes 50 common items to decompose and the website is something called stacker if interested |
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Well done Op for helping clear the rubbish. I too do it around my village with a small team. I also pick up dog poo off the paths. I think the Councils and Highway Agencies are a little to blame for removing bins at pit stops or not emptying bins often enough. It gets blown everywhere. The A303 running past me is disgusting. |
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Never thrown litter it’s disgusting what people do I’ve seen people throw stuff out the car window like wtf is that about!?
I walk everywhere and the amount of disposable masks I see in the hedgerows and mushed into the pavement is so bad. I don’t understand the mentality of just throwing it down... I’d definitely shame someone if I saw them. |
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"i found an article that says how long things take to break down in land fill ... some of it is eye opening ... 450 years for tyres , 100 years for baby wipes , tin foil NEVER
says most veggies are between 5 days to a month but fruits can take longer especially if acidic - apple cores 2 months and orange and banana peels 6 months but the nutrients in all of them make them good for composting (not sure if composting actually breaks if down quicker?
not sure i can link it but search how long it takes 50 common items to decompose and the website is something called stacker if interested "
There was a documentary on landfills not long ago and they went to one that was capped 40 years ago dug part of it up to see what actually had broken down and apart from food literally everything was just like it was put in yesterday even newspapers were readable x |
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At train stations where there are no bins, I might see if there's a pile of rubbish somewhere and add to it. Sort of... I have no choice? (In fact I've asked in the past and been told "if you can add it to the pile by that column", ha) |
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"At train stations where there are no bins, I might see if there's a pile of rubbish somewhere and add to it. Sort of... I have no choice? (In fact I've asked in the past and been told "if you can add it to the pile by that column", ha)"
I have a feeling bins were removed from streets and stations as they were places where bombs could be left...? Back in the 90s?
I suppose people could take their rubbish home with them? |
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"At train stations where there are no bins, I might see if there's a pile of rubbish somewhere and add to it. Sort of... I have no choice? (In fact I've asked in the past and been told "if you can add it to the pile by that column", ha)
I have a feeling bins were removed from streets and stations as they were places where bombs could be left...? Back in the 90s?
I suppose people could take their rubbish home with them? "
They're sometimes there and sometimes not. I'll take my rubbish with me if I can, but occasionally it's not possible or practical, so I'll do the least worst thing, you know? |
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"kudos to you OP, i don’t litter but don’t think i could bring myself to pick up other peoples
it never even crosses my mind to just chuck stuff on the ground , but its a subconscious action to put it away in my pocket or bag for later and i think that must just come from being taught good habits in childhood , so i would assume its just the opposite for people who do litter in that they didn't create those good habits as a kid and rather than them justifying what they do they just don’t even think about it
Parents definitely influence the kids.
I've watched kids in McDonald's clear their own rubbish to the bin but then also pick someone else's left rubbish up off a table and bin that too. "
Deffo I remember years ago walking home from collecting son with 2 friends with their sons and one of their boys said mum where can I put the sweet paper she said throw it on floor me and other friend were flabbergasted! At that response! X |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes.
ive left apple cores when hill walking but always took a banana skin ... someone must have told me once that they take much longer to decompose .... or maybe i made it up in my head
Apparently up to 2 years for a banana skin to decompose outside?
Really? I often put them round base of tomatoe plants they soon gone! X
Quick google search Guardian Article Scottish Hitch Hikers please take your banana skins home.
They take two years to biodegrade – and Scottish mountains are littered with them.
I'll go with you Candyfloss "
And it helps ripening the Tom's as well as feeding them! Whatever I put in compost bin soon disappears even this time of year! I went round other day and still heat rising when I took lid of x |
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"Been litter picking to help clean up local area , I am amazed how much litter there is , esp down beautiful country lanes .
Most of it is cans , bottles
Question is have you ever thrown or dropped litter , and why ?
I just want to get head round why you do it not judging
Ta
I have thrown a banana skin and apple cores in the hedge while driving down country lanes. "
Me too, but always with a little guilt. |
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Litter became I thing when I was a kid. Those of a certain age will remember the TV adverts of people chucking stuff out of car windows in the countryside.
It’s one of the things I hate most about modern humanity. The idea that you just chuck stuff and someone else sorts out the impact.
I’m the “mum” at festivals telling the groups of kids off and handing out bin bags. I will point out that you just dropped something accidentally if I see you drop a can. I’m also the one that comes home with other people’s rubbish as I hate seeing it.
When I camp I comb pretty much every blade of grass checking for a scrap of litter.
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I don't toss litter but I do love picking it up.
Me and my kid used to do regilar litter picks before the Apocalypse.
Think it should be on the curriculum that all schools do a litter pick once a term.
Might make the next generation think twice about chucking their stuff and they might influence their parents to do the same.
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Littering really boils my piss, we often go litter picking around the woods and the lanes and the things that get dumped are unbelievable. Last week in the woods we found a traffic cone, a wheel off a mountain bike and a cool box. Mixed in with the usual food wrappers cans and boxes.
And then there are the things blown or thrown into the fields, we are frequently picking up the remains of those foil helium balloons from the fields and out of trees. Don’t even get me started on those ridiculous Chinese lantern things. |
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"I don't toss litter but I do love picking it up.
Me and my kid used to do regilar litter picks before the Apocalypse.
Think it should be on the curriculum that all schools do a litter pick once a term.
Might make the next generation think twice about chucking their stuff and they might influence their parents to do the same.
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