Litter

[237SJ]

Why are people becoming such litter louts these days? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6176095/Shocking-photos-rubbish-collected-British-beach.html

[zebo]

More disposable stuff, bottles especially, when we were kids it was a flask to the beach.

[Prudie]

It's entirely lack of being brought up to not do it. We still had sweet papers, apple cores and crisps packets as kids.

[kvalidir]

If I'd have dropped littler my parents would have drop kicked me into the middle of next week. My ex and I told a bunch of 14 or 15 yar olds to pick up the crap they'd strewn all over the Grange and they had a massive attitude, I thought for one minute it was going to turn really nasty. Some people just have no manners. Period.

[AuntLydia]

I followed a truck home a few months ago and the driver was throwing things out of the window into the road for around 4 miles. He was obviously eating a mcDonalds while driving and the rubbish was going out of the window. . I got his reg and phoned the company and reported him. Littering is a disgrace. There is no excuse for dropping your discarded items but it seems today no one cares anymore.

[-Talbot-]

Even when you do all the work for the relevant authorities they still only hand out a caution.
As I have found out on many an occasion.

[237SJ]

People throwing things out of car windows seems to be a big problem. And not just in this country either. I was reading about the amount of pop up tents that are left behind at music festivals. People think that if they leave their tent behind it will be donated to a homeless charity but that is not the case.

[bookbinder]

It might be something to do with there being more 'things' to create litter with. I'm thinking of more paper, more plastic, more cardboard, than there used to be. People have probably always had this tendency to chuck their rubbish around, but nowadays they have more stuff with which to do it.

[Barmaid]

Because some people are just lazy, have no respect and have a sense of entitlement to do as they wish.

Thankfully there are many who aren't and even better there are people like the lady in the article.

[237SJ]

I belong to a litter picking group. We meet on the first Saturday of the month which means that I can't get there very often due to my work schedule. Most of the stuff that we pick up is takeaway - bottles, food boxes etc. There are a heck of a lot of cigarette butts that I don't pick up because I would be there all day. We often get nice comments from local people as regards our efforts. The stuff that is dumped on the beaches and parks after a bank holiday/weekend is on another level though

[TonyV]

Didn't read the article but littering is getting worse IMA. I've being catching local bus a lot recently. Sometimes, just after the local school finishes, pupils troop into local convenience store to stock up, then back to bus stop eating contents and discarding the packaging at their feet.
Theres a bin with in 5 metres and if you remind them of this, normally just get a blank stare or abuse, but just occasionally, kids do respond , a group 2 or 3. But with larger group,the boys just showing some bravado me thinks.

[gness]

When I lived in Kettering the corner of the car park I used was beside the little office where undelivered parcels were picked up by the public.
Very often the yard and part of the car park would be littered with the discarded wrappings....usually grey plastic....from a hastily unwrapped parcel.
I would gather these up and if they had a name and address I would put them in an envelope and send to the litter lout.....without a stamp.

[237SJ]

Yes, littering is getting a lot worse. When I drive home from work and come off the local A road, there is so much rubbish that has been dumped by the side. The trouble is, you can't just go out with a bag and a litter picker and pick it up. Well you can, but you need an agreement with the council as to the collection of the rubbish as it's not classed as household waste.

[Eleena]

We're a planet of waste, where does it end? Do you ever worry we will run out of land fill? What happens then? I give up on people. Those of us that do care though should carry on caring. We do make a difference!

[maggiebee]

Litter has always been with us. I grew up near a beach which was a magnet for visitors at the weekend. My dad and I would go out on a Sunday evening when they had all gone home and collect the litter. Wouldn't do it these days, there's just too much of it now. Sheer laziness.