Mo Gosfield
Well-known member
- Aug 11, 2010
- 6,295
Fag ends chucked out of car windows is the commonest but none of them stop to think that they might just be starting a fire that destroys acres of wildlife and costs thousands to put out.
Smokers seem to make up their own rules. Once the packet is bought from a shop it is obligatory to tear off the plastic outer and throw that on the ground, shortly followed by the ribbon and foil. The best place to empty a car ash-tray is whilst waiting at traffic lights. Just tip the complete contents out whilst standing still when there is no chance of ' blow back '
Slip roads off motorways are the new refuse dumps. An endless stream of human detritus littering the roadside. Cans, packets, bottles, boxes of every size, shape and description. Appalling, just truly appalling.
Where I live I find takeaway food discarded just yards or even feet from waste bins. No wonder we are overrun with urban foxes. They don't even have to work for their food.
You drive through rural and semi-rural locations and the hedgerows are an endless stream of discarded plastic and tin. It is just so depressing. This complete and utter lack of respect. This attitude that it is someone else's job to pick it up.
Would these people do this in their own homes? Just chuck litter on the floor. Chuck lighted fag-ends on their own carpet.
No, they wouldn't. So why is it different outside and out of a car window? Because it is not their responsibility. In less than two seconds they have absolved themselves of the responsibility of keeping their rubbish and disposing of it safely. Too much effort involved. Thats why its easier to drop stuff on the ground rather than walk a few yards to a waste bin.
When my kids were young I went out of my way to make sure that they always saw me disposing of rubbish in the correct way and even picking up odd items of litter that we came across and then disposing of it. Education. Thats all. Sadly, a lot of parents don't even bother. Litter doesn't seem to bother to them. Its someone else's job!
It doesn't seem to matter to these people if the roadsides, pavements, hedgerows, parks and countryside of this beautiful country are a shithole. They seem to have no respect for their surroundings.
What can we do. Well, at every opportunity, embarrass these people. If you see litter being dropped, let that person know how disgusting it is. If you see parents doing it, embarrass them in front of their children. Then the kids will at least stop and think about it. Don't not bother. ITS WORTH THE EFFORT.
Even if you feel uncomfortable with confrontation make the effort to point out their wrong-doing. You are doing your bit for your country. Litter is getting worse and worse and we have to try and change this ugly mentality.
If you want to walk, cycle or drive through our lovely countryside and enjoy it for its natural beauty and not for an endless stream of plastic and tin and fag-ends, do your bit. Put rubbish in the right place. Pick up bits of rubbish discarded by others and bin it. Be seen doing it. Make a point of it. Loudly. Bombard your local council to introduce fines for dropping litter ( if they don't already do so ) Every tiny bit of effort is worth it.
If you love and respect this country, this is a battle we must win.
Smokers seem to make up their own rules. Once the packet is bought from a shop it is obligatory to tear off the plastic outer and throw that on the ground, shortly followed by the ribbon and foil. The best place to empty a car ash-tray is whilst waiting at traffic lights. Just tip the complete contents out whilst standing still when there is no chance of ' blow back '
Slip roads off motorways are the new refuse dumps. An endless stream of human detritus littering the roadside. Cans, packets, bottles, boxes of every size, shape and description. Appalling, just truly appalling.
Where I live I find takeaway food discarded just yards or even feet from waste bins. No wonder we are overrun with urban foxes. They don't even have to work for their food.
You drive through rural and semi-rural locations and the hedgerows are an endless stream of discarded plastic and tin. It is just so depressing. This complete and utter lack of respect. This attitude that it is someone else's job to pick it up.
Would these people do this in their own homes? Just chuck litter on the floor. Chuck lighted fag-ends on their own carpet.
No, they wouldn't. So why is it different outside and out of a car window? Because it is not their responsibility. In less than two seconds they have absolved themselves of the responsibility of keeping their rubbish and disposing of it safely. Too much effort involved. Thats why its easier to drop stuff on the ground rather than walk a few yards to a waste bin.
When my kids were young I went out of my way to make sure that they always saw me disposing of rubbish in the correct way and even picking up odd items of litter that we came across and then disposing of it. Education. Thats all. Sadly, a lot of parents don't even bother. Litter doesn't seem to bother to them. Its someone else's job!
It doesn't seem to matter to these people if the roadsides, pavements, hedgerows, parks and countryside of this beautiful country are a shithole. They seem to have no respect for their surroundings.
What can we do. Well, at every opportunity, embarrass these people. If you see litter being dropped, let that person know how disgusting it is. If you see parents doing it, embarrass them in front of their children. Then the kids will at least stop and think about it. Don't not bother. ITS WORTH THE EFFORT.
Even if you feel uncomfortable with confrontation make the effort to point out their wrong-doing. You are doing your bit for your country. Litter is getting worse and worse and we have to try and change this ugly mentality.
If you want to walk, cycle or drive through our lovely countryside and enjoy it for its natural beauty and not for an endless stream of plastic and tin and fag-ends, do your bit. Put rubbish in the right place. Pick up bits of rubbish discarded by others and bin it. Be seen doing it. Make a point of it. Loudly. Bombard your local council to introduce fines for dropping litter ( if they don't already do so ) Every tiny bit of effort is worth it.
If you love and respect this country, this is a battle we must win.
