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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I usually will call out loudly to someone throwing trash on the floor and let them know they dropped something. With the exception of one dude, everyone immediately picks it up out of embarrassment and throws it away. The one dude, in reference, looked at it and said, "That's not mine", to which I said I saw him throw it and pointed to the nearest trash can and said he needed to pick it up and throw it there, he eventually did and we both moved on with our lives, otherwise I would have been forced to use the "Your mommy isn't here to clean up after you" card.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My go to is "my kids have to live here when you're dead...."

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

"... and that's gonna be sooner than you think."

[–] Vrtrx@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's sad how this is something special. It shouldn't be. It should be completely normal to not fucking litter.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes I feel pretty lucky to have grown up in Vermont. Because this is the norm, hell we even have a state holiday where we all go out and pick up trash that Flatlanders leave. And then I remember oh wait we are also the state that's been destroying our forests and farm land for the sake of building suburban homes for litter bugs that don't respect the culture that was already here.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Money is a hell of a drug.

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My favorite are dog owners that do pick up after their dogs but then fling the bag into the trees or bushes along the trail.

Yes that dog doo is not preserved for future generations. Thanks.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah like it would've been better to leave the doo there, now you've littered shit AND a bag.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can someone, anyone, please explain why someone would do this?

Not picking it up in the first place, though wrong, at least makes sense. But this is just crazy

[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess they pick it up only if someone is nearby. As soon as noone sees it they throw it anywhere.

[–] Kase@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Ohh thanks! That would make perfect sense

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Lots of the bags are bio-degradable, so they will eventually, in some unit of months or years, break down.

Of course, its the same issue as chucking a banana peel. It fucks with the local environment and will take a long time to be "gone" if you just throw it into a forest and walk away. Enough people do that, and eventually you have a trail covered in shit and bananas.

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[–] k0mprssd@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago (5 children)

one thing i cant stand are the people that bag up their dog shit, and then leave it on a trail. immediate mood ruiner when im trying to enjoy the wonders of our planet... and i see a plastic bag of dog shit. like, you're doing more harm than good and youre probably aware of that very fact. these people are the human equivalent of dog shit.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shit Trees. Dunno if it's common in the rest of the world but a lot of Brit dog owners tie them to tree and buch branches. Then in winter you have Shit Trees & Turd Bushes.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I also agree with your first sentence, as in, the owners should indeed shit trees.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I got some shit trees at the dispensary, I thought that was bad.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It would be more environmentally friendly to just leave the dog shit alone instead of putting it in a bag first if you're just gonna leave it on the ground still.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fr poop is natural and it does a pretty good job at promoting plaint growth. Hell it's not like your going to come across poop from racoons or deer. Hell I'm Shure if you were to go off trail it's likely you might come across a half eaten deer. Poop is just as natural as death.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Poop is quite good at spreading disease though, which is also natural. A sustainable animal population leaving poop is different than a hiking trail that adds quite a bit to the load of poop the environment has to handle.

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[–] Eyelessoozeguy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I once did this because i knew i was going to walk past that spot again and didnt want to carry it the whole time. no one was on that trail that day. and i brought it back out one the return a few hours later. (there were no trash cans out there.) Perhaps something similar was going on with you? Or am I a bad guy?

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wonder how many people have the same idea as you but then just forget when they walk back. On top of this, they never remember that they forgot so they have a guilty free conscious and do again.

If you're confident you always pick it back up 100% of the time then great! But I wouldn't do it because I'm dumb and would forget like 10% of the time.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Leave your ID with the bag of deuce to ensure your return.

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[–] bratosch@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I hate those people. I only do it with my own shit like a decent member of society

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I love how they go out of their way to make dog shit non biodegradable before leaving it in nature. Classy.

[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I put trash in my pockets because its in its natural habitat

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sounds aggressive, how would you fit me in your pockets?

[–] Knightfox@lemmy.one 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fit6o5pz5zla61.jpg

It's the same as the Shopping Cart theory. There are a few analogous theories, but they're all the same. If you don't return your grocery cart, pick up your pet's poop, or hold your trash till you find a disposal then you're an asshole.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 34 points 2 years ago

For all of you who don't want to revisit reddit:

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Returning trolleys was the norm in England during the 90s. I dunno what the fuck happened for everyone to suddenly start refusing to return them. Maybe the employment of trolley collectors made people lazy?

Winds me up though. I always return them and make sure to return any nearby ones.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Lookin at you, smokers who throw their butts out the car window. Put those in your pocket!

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I kept a 1/4 filled water bottle in my car for butts. The reason I started this is because an old mad shouted at me at the lights.

I accidentally consumed that water once. Shortly afterwards I quit smoking.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Back when there were film canisters, I would use those. Then I smartened the fuck up and quit smoking.

[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I've always put rubbish in my pocket and kept it until I can find a bin after seeing a Sesame street segment about it as a young kid.

But when I smoked I did sometimes drop my butts on the ground. Normally I would keep hold of them if I was near a public bin as most of them have ashtrays in the top I could dispose of them in.

Coincidentally I've noticed that l, at least locally to me, the council have replaced those bins with ones with no ashtrays which has definitely increased the number of butts on the ground. Wonder if having them is seen as encouraging smoking.

But sometimes if I wasn't near a public bin I'd drop my cig, stub it out and leave it on the ground. I used to smoke hand rolled cigarettes with no filter, just tobacco and paper. I justified it to myself saying it would biodegrade but it still can't have been good for the environment.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Literally the entire population of Japan 😂

[–] saruwatarikooji@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As a truck driver, I can't help but look at the picture and think... "of course it's US Express in that situation"

[–] NJA@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Also swift saw a company had a worse accident rate and was like hold my beer I'm gonna buy em!

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Is that because their trucks are just so nice to hold up that you like to nip out for a good stretch, or....

[–] NJA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That's not a us xpress truck tho. That's not how they do their truck numbers

[–] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 9 points 2 years ago

That's also people who "recycle" to "save the planet" while big oil is fucking it up 1000 time more than us little fucks.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A smart city puts trash cans every hundred feet or so.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've always believed the biggest cause of littering was lack of proper receptacles.

I was proven wrong every year at the county fair.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Looking at Japan and Vermont it really seems like solution to the litter problem is making a culture of politeness. We really need some physiatrists to study what makes a society polite. Like what makes groups of people become polite.

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I've seen too many empty trash cans surrounded by trash on the ground. It's about the mindset

[–] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

I have a policy that if I come across a bag (usually plastic) while traveling, I pick and take it on the way.

Then I randomly fill it with trash that I can't ignore while enjoying nature.

Unfortunately, usually only 1 bag isn't enough.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My city now mandates by law that we have to put recyclable materials in the recycling bin and compost in the green bin. You can and will get fined if you don't and they do check, for households at least, because the vast majority of restaurants, offices, hell city-owned public places like parks, transit stations, libraries, etc do not have a green bin and many don't even have a recycling bin. I've directly been told to just throw it in the trash. Biodegradable packaging is useless 99% of the time because there is no compost bin to put it in and they end up in the landfill anyway.

It's what I like to call environmental theatre and pinning the burden of waste sorting entirely on the individual instead of seeing it as an infrastructure and access problem requiring government action. Not even a lot of action either, just buy some dollar store trash cans and put them in places since you already have a comprehensive city-wide recycling and compost collection program.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I do this. I didn't realize more people don't lol

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

Where I live we have a 10 cent tax on plastic bags. They environment is so much cleaner now. I didn't realize it was a problem until it wasn't.

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