To ask if anyone will admit to littering?

Icanttakethisanymore · 2025-09-08T14:36:15+00:00

I am genuinely intrigued to see if anyone will admit to littering, on purpose. I was walking through the woods earlier and there was a starbucks cup and a few can discarded along my route. I am sure that occasionally people drop things by accident but undoubtedly some of it is intentional. I genuinely can't imagine chucking my rubbish on the floor so if anyone will admit to it, why do you do it?

Sodukuchess · 10/09/2025 15:57

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/09/2025 15:52

I'm not sure there would probably be another name for it, I think littering refers to a public space but maybe I'm wrong. Back in the 70s there was a woman near me in a 1st floor flat who used to throw dirty nappies out of her kitchen window aiming at the communal bins. She pretty much always missed but didn't care. that was disgusting and in a public space.

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Yuck, that's gross. Some people are disgusting. 🤮

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/09/2025 15:52

Sodukuchess · 10/09/2025 14:23

Depends what it is though doesn't it. Apple cores fine but if someone regularly just slung out their dirty nappies, old fridges etc then I'd class that as littering as it impacts negatively on neighbours.

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I'm not sure there would probably be another name for it, I think littering refers to a public space but maybe I'm wrong. Back in the 70s there was a woman near me in a 1st floor flat who used to throw dirty nappies out of her kitchen window aiming at the communal bins. She pretty much always missed but didn't care. that was disgusting and in a public space.

Sodukuchess · 10/09/2025 14:23

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/09/2025 11:06

It's not litter if it's in your own garden.

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Depends what it is though doesn't it. Apple cores fine but if someone regularly just slung out their dirty nappies, old fridges etc then I'd class that as littering as it impacts negatively on neighbours.

CaptainMyCaptain · 10/09/2025 11:06

Account734 · 10/09/2025 09:26

I leave my apple cores in the garden for the squirrels, they disappear in a day.

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It's not litter if it's in your own garden.

Account734 · 10/09/2025 09:26

Bananachimp · 10/09/2025 03:38

To be fair I have chucked an apple core into the back of a flower bed in my garden before yes. And rot away it does.

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I leave my apple cores in the garden for the squirrels, they disappear in a day.

Cherrytree86 · 10/09/2025 08:37

Mutability · 08/09/2025 18:20

Never, ever. It’s just unthinkable.

I once saw a man sitting in traffic throw litter onto the road I was about to cross. I picked it up and threw it onto his lap.

Yes, girl 👏

Cherrytree86 · 10/09/2025 08:36

Anyone who litters is gross. End of.

squashyhat · 10/09/2025 08:33

CaptainMyCaptain · 09/09/2025 13:03

They were right though. Adding to litter already there is no excuse.

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Yes. I am aware of that. I didn't make an excuse.

Sodukuchess · 10/09/2025 07:50

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 08/09/2025 15:40

If I know that things will rot away quickly and there's no bins nearby I do it.

Over the summer we had takeaway pizzas in the park and as there were no bins we left the boxes in some bushes. They're cardboard so they'll be gone by now or birds would use it for a house.

Have you heard of the broken window theory?

Sodukuchess · 10/09/2025 07:49

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 08/09/2025 15:40

If I know that things will rot away quickly and there's no bins nearby I do it.

Over the summer we had takeaway pizzas in the park and as there were no bins we left the boxes in some bushes. They're cardboard so they'll be gone by now or birds would use it for a house.

Have you heard of the broken window theory?

Clearinguptheclutter · 10/09/2025 07:48

DamsonGoldfinch · 09/09/2025 17:22

I live by the beach and the state day trippers leave it in is disgusting. A lot of them don’t even bother shopping here - they bring their food and drink with them, leave the packaging strewn over the beach and get the train back home again. I’d honestly pay a bit more in my council tax for a couple of beach inspectors to keep an eye out when people are packing up to make sure they take their rubbish home.

Me too it’s grim.

round here there seems to be a particular issue with roundabouts. People like chucking their litter out the car at roundabouts apparently and the council can’t afford to deal with it

I’d argue that any money would be better spent trying to educate the youth rather that picking it up, if there was a choice

locals do organise litter picks eventually but they shouldn’t have to!

Tiredofwhataboutery · 10/09/2025 06:27

Ninjasan · 09/09/2025 11:30

Do you throw apple cores in your garden to rot? No?

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I do tbh but big, fairly wild, garden I live in the sticks. I have a rescue chicken who will probably hunt it down and finish it off.

I wouldn’t throw an apple core in a bush in a city centre park. I think there’s an element of common sense over the impact.

Bananachimp · 10/09/2025 03:38

Ninjasan · 09/09/2025 11:30

Do you throw apple cores in your garden to rot? No?

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To be fair I have chucked an apple core into the back of a flower bed in my garden before yes. And rot away it does.

Account734 · 09/09/2025 17:31

No, I don't litter. I think it shows a serious character flaw in a person if they litter. In my opinion, decent people do not litter.

DamsonGoldfinch · 09/09/2025 17:22

I live by the beach and the state day trippers leave it in is disgusting. A lot of them don’t even bother shopping here - they bring their food and drink with them, leave the packaging strewn over the beach and get the train back home again. I’d honestly pay a bit more in my council tax for a couple of beach inspectors to keep an eye out when people are packing up to make sure they take their rubbish home.

EmpressaurusKitty · 09/09/2025 17:05

The principle ought to be don’t buy something unless you’re going to deal responsibly with whatever’s left over.

Chompingatthebeat · 09/09/2025 16:49

AutumnalLight · 09/09/2025 16:46

Bins are literally EVERYWHERE!!

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I was referencing the pp who said she leaves bottles when there are no bins

Loub1987 · 09/09/2025 16:48

I have been guilty in the past of tossing apple cores into bushes in the park as I walk my kids home from school. I realise now this is bad and a really bad example to my kids so won’t in the future.

SeaToSki · 09/09/2025 16:47

I have only knowing littered once. Driving down an American interstate with about 7 lanes then a divider and another 7 lanes on the other side. DS felt sick and the only thing I could hand him to catch it was a paper cup. He vomed into the cup (thankfully it was not too much vom) and gave it to me. I was then holding an open paper cup with vomit in it while driving. I couldn't put it down as it would tip over, and there wasn't an exit for another 10 miles. I pulled into the fast lane, opened the window and lobbed it into the concrete area between the two road sides. I still feel guilty 10 yrs later

AutumnalLight · 09/09/2025 16:46

Chompingatthebeat · 09/09/2025 16:39

Bottles are portable

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Bins are literally EVERYWHERE!!

Chompingatthebeat · 09/09/2025 16:39

DonnaBanana · 09/09/2025 13:33

The only time I used to litter was back in the days when London got rid of all the bins allegedly due to the IRA bombings etc. If you can’t provide bins then I will leave my empty drinks bottle on a ledge at an underground station yes. In America they have bins everywhere in cities. I wouldn’t litter in the countryside though.

Bottles are portable

pigsDOfly · 09/09/2025 16:37

DonnaBanana · 09/09/2025 13:33

The only time I used to litter was back in the days when London got rid of all the bins allegedly due to the IRA bombings etc. If you can’t provide bins then I will leave my empty drinks bottle on a ledge at an underground station yes. In America they have bins everywhere in cities. I wouldn’t litter in the countryside though.

I remember when the litter bins were removed in London.

Why do you think that gave you the right to leave your rubbish on ledges? You've used it. It's your rubbish. Take it home and dispose of it properly.

This entitled attitude that 'someone needs to provide bins for me otherwise I'm just going to dump my crap wherever I please', really pisses me off.

AutumnalLight · 09/09/2025 16:24

A pizza box will take up to a year to break down.
That’s disgusting. Imagine if everyone did that!

Tiredofwhataboutery · 09/09/2025 15:52

BridgetRandomfuck · 08/09/2025 18:38

I have never consciously littered in my life and would (semi-seriously) welcome capital punishment for it. Absolutely vile antisocial behaviour.

I remember an episode of Mad Men where Don Draper and his family were having a picnic, and at the end of it they got up and shook their picnic blanket onto the ground leaving all their rubbish behind. I think it was meant to show how environmental concerns weren’t big in the 60s (or just how selfish they were) but clearly there are still people today who would do the same.

Semi seriously I think littering is a gateway crime. It indicates selfishness and a lack of respect for the people and area around you. I’m not saying all litterers will go on to be hardened criminals but I’d be willing to bet that your average criminals very first crime was littering.

RonnyRite · 09/09/2025 15:51

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 08/09/2025 15:40

If I know that things will rot away quickly and there's no bins nearby I do it.

Over the summer we had takeaway pizzas in the park and as there were no bins we left the boxes in some bushes. They're cardboard so they'll be gone by now or birds would use it for a house.

OMG. I didn't think anyone would actually admit to doing this. It's absolutely disgusting. Are you not ashamed of yourself?

Cardboard boxes don't rot away.

Dear god. I always wondered what sort of ignorant people behaved like this.