Do you ever drop litter?

ive never dropped anything. It’s so antisocial. I pick it up. In my head when I do It I am saving foxes from choking

Oh you weren’t being sarky at all then it was a genuine question ?hmm

Fucking hell, defensive much? I just asked what you do with it that doesn’t make it look like it’s been left.

If there isn't room in a bin, then take your bloody rubbish home with you and dispose of it there.

I lived in Japan for a while where rubbish bins are very rare, yet there was barely any litter because Japanese people are raised with a sense of public and personal duty.

There is a building site next door to us at the moment and we have a constant flood of bottles, cans, food wrappers and other rubbish in our garden and front drive.

Every few days I collect it all up in a clear bag and hang it on the sign that is outside the site advertising the "luxurious new development.

You can follow a huge trail of litter from local shops and supermarkets back to the local high school here at lunch time. It’s beyond ridiculous.

I live in a small rural area and I leave it in a specific area where I can find it behind a tree or whatever. Rarely see anyone else out walking but . I’ve seen ones left for days on end so it’s obvious someone wasn’t picking it up. Wow you are so clever with your “gotcha” comment.

It’s becoming a bigger problem in NZ too. Friends there are constantly complaining about it.

In fact friends in NZ, Australia, Canada, US and Germany are complaining of exactly the same things; youth crime, terrible behaviour in schools, littering, anti-social behaviour and inconsiderate people.

I’d love it if countries could tackle these problems together and learn from each other.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018883833/pure-nz-yeah-right-litter-pollution-increasing-across-the-country

Most of the litter around here tends to be after bin day - especially if it’s been high winds and a recycling week, because they blow over and it gets everywhere

Never.

When people see your bagged poo waiting for you to return, how do they know you haven't just left it?

No, it is probably the one thing I most try never to do more than anything else.

I don’t get this about dog poo bags. I’ve sometimes bagged one and then collected it on my way back from a loop walk so I don’t have to carry it for miles . However some people seem to do it and just leave the poo there. The poo would wash away quicker in the elements if it wasn’t bagged. It’s so disgusting

Locally the litter problem seems to be mainly caused by bin collection day, by fly tipping, and by people drinking on the streets. And dog mess, if that counts.
I pick up litter in the streets around my home, and that often includes sweeping up glass. Every September when the new students arrive locals take bin liners to the park. Students see us tying bin liners to the rubbish bins and picking up litter, and they join in.

I can honestly say that I have only ever seen old people littering. Young people occasionally spitting out gum but I was recently driving behind an elderly couple (at least 80+) and the woman in the passenger seat just flung some trash out of the window whilst we drove over a bridge. I was beyond horrified.

Reminds me of taking the empty glass soft drinks bottles back to the corner shop to get the deposits back, usually to spend on sweets. 😁

Littering is one of my bugbears, I hate it. For a couple of years when I first started smoking (decades ago), I did drop cig butts, because everyone else did. But I felt guilty about it, so got a small airtight tub to put my butts in until I got home. I was treated as a right weirdo for doing that! 😂

I remember once in a busy city centre, I was people watching, and this young woman just casually tossed her McDonalds cup aside as she was walking. She was about 5 foot from a bin! I nearly blew a gasket on the spot, even 20-ish years later I still feel the righteous fury 😡

I never do because I’m old and we had it drummed into us when young. I think much of it is youths chucking it out of cars after a takeaway. HOWEVER let’s not forget the bin men ( certainly in our area) who drop litter when emptying the bins, don’t pick it up and it gets blown all over. And don’t get me started on dog poo bags hang from trees…

No, I'm not buying that 'most' of the letter is from rubbish being collected, some of it no doubt but the vast majority is from people being lazy selfish ignorant or whatever.

The amount of stuff thrown out of CAR windows is astounding. The amount of stuff left where people have been sitting in the park eating is disgusting. The park is full of bins they don't even have to take it home!!

In the countryside I think it’s mostly caused by people throwing it out car windows at least where I am from it is anyway.

I have noticed in countries where bins are public and have to be paid for it is much cleaner.

Rubbish. (Apposite word for the thread.)

There's far more packaging than there used to be, a lot of it doesn't biodegrade, and people eat and drink while out and about far more nowadays than they did in the 60s and 70s when I was growing up. Probably fewer cigarette butts these days, though.

When I smoked I used to throw cigarette butts on the floor if there weren’t any bins. I don’t smoke anymore.
Other than that, not knowingly.
I will never forget driving down the motorway and the car in front launched a full McDonald’s bag of rubbish out the window 😳

No I don't. I'm of the 'Keep Britain Tidy' generation. We were even taught this at school, I remember. I guess this doesn't happen now.

Worst offenders where I live are car drivers/users. Most of the rubbish is fast food containers/drinks/cups deposited near the road.

Nope. We actually do a monthly litter pick as a village to keep on top of it. Usually get a kit 15 or so people out each month to give the village a good tidy up