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Do people that throw litter out of the car window think the countryside is a giant bin.

28 replies

Pheasantsfeather · 06/08/2026 19:48

I've just walked the dog down the lane as I do every night. I now take a bag with me a couple of times per week to collect all of the litter. We love about 4/5 miles outside of the nearest town on a lane of farmland and houses. It's regularly got disposable coffee cups, McDonald's wrappers, plastic bottles thrown in the hedges and verges. I've just wrestled a McDonald's wrapper out of my labs mouth.

Do people really leave town, finish their food and drink and just wind down the window and lob it out, without considering that people and animals live here and someone has to pick it up? What is it with lack of pride and respect in the UK.

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gayestgal · 06/08/2026 19:52

Disgusting. My dc did this when they were young, and got a big telling off. They wouldn't dare.

Theres just no need to litter. I would forgive fly tipping (as much as i hâte it) before I did littering.

Simonjt · 06/08/2026 19:50

I don’t think they think at all.

HumberSquid · 06/08/2026 19:50

Yes they do do that. Disgusting isn't it?