I know it's littering but does it really count?

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Often take an apple or banana on my dog walk and when I'm done I'll throw the peel or core in the bushes, brambles, whatever.

My mum was gobsmacked and said I shouldn't do it, that it's littering. Am I unreasonable?

Wild Apples tend to be far less sweet, so they are less likely to cause colic in horses etc.

Apple cores are fine - they will be eating by the animals in the wood and anything left will rot down.

Banana skins don't even rot down in my compost, so you need to take them home.

Apples are fine as long as you don't drop them in a field of livestock or horses. It would be better if they were natively grown apples rather than a foreign variety. The banana peel is not so good as it doesn't rot easily.

Just eat the whole apple. There isn't really a core.