Do you ever drop litter?

It s a combination of things i think

• more packgaging
• less public bins
• shelfish assholes
• and a general decline around the values of taking pride in your community / environment, and respecting your peers / community / environment

however, some people are just complete dicks.

i was in a south west part of london a few years ago with my friend. We were out of the local waitrose on our way to her eye test. This man threw a blue plastic bag on the ground right next to the bin - and no before anyone ask he didnt miss the bin, he couldnt care less.
from the air about him, his charisma and the way he was dresses it was obvious he didnt like being told what to do.

anyway i said “hey, please can you pick up your bag and put it in the bin thats right there”
he looked at me and didnt insult me or anything but just said “no. You do it” and walk off.

and you know what, i fucking did.

i was so annoyed with myself but i wasnt going to leave the bag on the ground

The sad thing about litter is if everyone in the entire country went out on one day and cleared it all, the people that litter would just do it more.

It's a weird psychological thing.

I am walking trying to rehabilitate and there's a lot of litter down this beautiful country lane near me. I know the road was clear and this Merc passed me. I walked back and right in the middle of the road was a plastic food container and a plastic fork. It had to be him. No other vehicles had gone by me.

He probably didn't want his partner to know he had eaten that food so chucked it out. Ditto loads of wine and beer bottles on the main road where I also walk.

I find it utterly heart breaking that this country is wrecked in every respect but litter is one of the issues that is right in your face.

I would probably tell someone if they dropped something, say a tissue from their pocket when they took out their gloves or mobile, but I wouldn’t challenge someone deliberately littering. I’m not confrontational and I’d be scared of the response.

Never. It's disgusting. Only scum do it

I never litter, and I credit the Wombles of Wimbledon for teaching me at a young age. My DF would take us to Wimbledon common to pick up litter 'for the wombles'.
I have been in cars with people who throw cups/McDonald's wrappers/ spit gum out the windows while driving and I find it utterly abhorrent. I'm not sure why they think it's acceptable.

No I haven’t.

My brother is a teacher, a girl in his class left a load of crushed biscuits and wrappings where she had been sitting. He told her to clean it up. She flicked a finger at him and told him it wasn’t up to her, that’s what cleaners are for.

Never, I used to be involved in a community litter pick and the amount of people who would say we were taking jobs away from the council was crazy! If I see someone litter I'll tell them, it's a reflex rather than a considered action!

I haven’t seen the other thread but I’ve noticed much more litter in hedges, at traffic lights, roundabouts etc. I think it may also be due to council cuts and not enough work done to clean it up. Don’t get me wrong, it’s the litterers who are the wankers here, just adding to the worsening environment.

Not knowingly.

Nope and I clear up anything of mine the bin men drop.

Never knowingly. Some people think it's okay because it's someone's job to clear it up (seriously!) or whatever they are dropping will biodegrade so it doesn't matter. Whenever our recycling bins are emptied there are items of litter that get strewn about and the bin crews don't clear them up. Then there's fly tipping. It's awful and there are no excuses imho.

The droppers small and large will not be vocal about doing it...

Never ever I find it disgusting. I see people dropping it as they walk or throwing it out their cars all the time. Sadly it’s not worth the risk challenging people.