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

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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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climbintheback · 06/08/2026 22:34

I’ve often said if I caught them red handed I would end up in prison! I keep our country lane relatively clean and I remove at least a carrier bag full every week, very satisfying but sad at the state of our country.

AsHot · 06/08/2026 22:38

Absolute fucking skanks.

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 06/08/2026 22:40

Netcurtainnelly · 06/08/2026 22:21

Their parents never taught them to pick up their litter and the adverts on TV were taken away.

Keep Britain tidy
Young people in white t-shirts
Pif 70s.

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