Page 8 | 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?

Tweakie123 · 08/09/2025 16:28

I don't litter. I dated a guy when i was about 18/19. I remember we had fish and chips in the car. I was driving and when he finished eating he just threw the wrappings out of the window!! I was horrified. The police turned up at my house as well as someone must have reported the littering which was fair enough. Turns out he was also a smack head so the relationship didn't last long 🤣

Bananachimp · 08/09/2025 16:28

I've twice thrown an apple core out a car window.

Bananachimp · 08/09/2025 16:27

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.

That's outrageous

Megifer · 08/09/2025 16:27

Apparently me feeding the pigeons the last of my sandwich is littering according to an enforcement officer or whatever he was called, so yes I litter regularly and will continue to do so! ☺️

Lutonsgirl · 08/09/2025 16:26

I actually regularly go litter picking. I wish I didn't have to.

Lutonsgirl · 08/09/2025 16:25

SerendipityJane · 08/09/2025 15:53

Whilst I generally oppose capital punishment, I really could make an exception for people who litter.

It's hard to describe the disregard it shows for where people - probably complete strangers - live. Where their children play. Where they do their best to muddle through on this planet. It's an offence against tens, maybe hundreds of people.

And there is never, ever an excuse for it. Never.

Absolutely this.

Willowkins · 08/09/2025 16:25

I'm pretty sure any kind of food waste will attract rats. And they can use the cardboard to line their nests. I know they're wildlife too but do the birds really get a look in?

vapourtrail · 08/09/2025 16:24

I hate littering, but sorry OP I think banana skins are also bad. Visually it is litter as it takes ages to discompose and therefore gives people the excuse to throw more shit on the floor because the area is "already littered"

Chompingatthebeat · 08/09/2025 16:23

I always think its the kind of person who doesn't clear up their crap in fast food places, or fly tips on pavements

TheSwarm · 08/09/2025 16:23

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.

That's really shitty behaviour.

People who litter are just lazy fuckers. That's all there is to it.

BeefAndHorseradishSandwich · 08/09/2025 16:22

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.

Gross. You should have taken that home.

Lutonsgirl · 08/09/2025 16:20

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.

I am quite upset by this.

seratoninmoonbeams · 08/09/2025 16:18

Absolutely no way. I found out my ‘new at secondary school’ DS littered near where we live and made him go and pick it up. Don’t reckon he’s ever done it since. Walked the dog the other day and someone had done that trick of picking up their dog poo and carefully tying on to a branch on a bush. Like wtf. I’d rather see a dog poo on the floor than that. We live in a beautiful area near the sea and the moors and the litter people leave behind is outrageous.

ILoveWhales · 08/09/2025 16:18

PegDope · 08/09/2025 15:58

How vile you are!

Most of those cardboard products have some plastic in them. They can be widely recycled if disposed of properly.

There should be a special kind of punishment for people like you.

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Exactly. Why didnt they take the boxes with them and find a bin.

Chompingatthebeat · 08/09/2025 16:17

I hate fag butts, people seem to think its ok

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 08/09/2025 16:15

BlackAndWhiteShoes · 08/09/2025 16:10

Apple cores in a bush are probably ok but banana skins, as non indigenous fruits are different and they change the soil PH. So I would not litter banana skins.

I live in Birmingham and the litter in some parts (well before any strike) has to be seen to be believed. It is an absolutely filthy city. My lovely local park also gets spoilt by litter louts in the summer. I don’t understand people who think it’s ok.

Yeah bits of Brum are absolutely disgusting. It’s sad.

KimTheresPeopleThatAreDying · 08/09/2025 16:13

SerendipityJane · 08/09/2025 15:53

Whilst I generally oppose capital punishment, I really could make an exception for people who litter.

It's hard to describe the disregard it shows for where people - probably complete strangers - live. Where their children play. Where they do their best to muddle through on this planet. It's an offence against tens, maybe hundreds of people.

And there is never, ever an excuse for it. Never.

This x 1000.

Rightandwrong · 08/09/2025 16:12

I was taught as a very young child not to drop litter and it's something I've never done.

I generally pick up any litter that's dropped in my street.

And if I go down to the local beach for a walk I always try and pick up at least a few pieces of the litter from there.

It's just so sad going down on the beach after a good weather day and seeing all the detritus that is left. It's not just the drinks cans and the food wrappings and the remnants of barbecues. People just dump their beach towels and the children's buckets and spades bought for the day. Beggars belief to me that they consider these disposable items. More money than sense springs to mind.
No respect for the environment. No respect for wildlife. No respect for other people. Shocking.

BlackAndWhiteShoes · 08/09/2025 16:10

Apple cores in a bush are probably ok but banana skins, as non indigenous fruits are different and they change the soil PH. So I would not litter banana skins.

I live in Birmingham and the litter in some parts (well before any strike) has to be seen to be believed. It is an absolutely filthy city. My lovely local park also gets spoilt by litter louts in the summer. I don’t understand people who think it’s ok.

PegDope · 08/09/2025 15:58

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.

How vile you are!

Most of those cardboard products have some plastic in them. They can be widely recycled if disposed of properly.

There should be a special kind of punishment for people like you.

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Icanttakethisanymore · 08/09/2025 15:57

Just to add - I wouldn't consider an apple core in the bushes littering. I wouldn't leave food on a patch of grass or a path but I would throw apple cores, banana skins etc. into undergrowth. (Hoping no-one is going to come along and tell me that's a heinous crime)

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Icanttakethisanymore · 08/09/2025 15:54

chipsandpeas · 08/09/2025 15:48

i have done, but i try not to

"trying not to" makes it sound like you could try really hard not to litter and somehow fail 😂

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ILoveWhales · 08/09/2025 15:54

Ive not done it deliberately. But once on a windy day the wrapper I was putting into a bin blew out of my hand as soon as i let go and flew away from me at speed.

I held it over the bin and let go.and it blew away.

I shrugged and thought i tried. Im not sprinting after it.

FitatFifty · 08/09/2025 15:54

The only time is if I drop something and it blows away and I can’t catch it (receipts mostly).
In my youth I used to Chuck Apple cores in bushes, I wouldn’t now.

UnctuousUnicorns · 08/09/2025 15:54

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.

People like you are why so many places are litter strewn shitholes.