Litter
 

In my area the litter has increased.
It annoys me so much when people just drive by and through litter out of their car window, not realing the implications it will have.

Do you drop litter?
Is their litter in your area?
Does in annoy you?

Yes I do drop litter sometimes, I try to avoid it, but holding a empty can of Coke in my hand in sub-zero temperatures with no bins in sight is a good enough reason

I never litter.

I dont know why, i just dont see the point when there bins all over the place.

Lol

Conz x

If I can't see a bin then I'll just drop it. We have those street cleaners about everywhere so dropping it isn't an issue of there isn't a bin in sight. If I can see a bin then depending on what it is I'll wait until I pass the bin.

God! It annoys me so much!
Especially when people through it out car windows. Why not just take it home.

And is it really that much to carry a bottle of coke?

I hate litter and it's a problem in my area but I drop it because I am too idle to walk to a bin.

It is when your hand is freezing and you are 15 mins from home

15 minutes, barely a mile.

And spike, if you hate it, why drop it?

Tom - The street cleaners get paid from are taxes, and you may claim this is giving people a job, but their wage is more than that of a someone on benefits, and their are more jobs available in other puplic sectors which they could be employed for.

Street cleaning is keeping people in work, would you rather see millions of people jobless?

Of course not, but the money spent on employing them to clean the streets could be spent on them improving puplic services.

I hate it when people say that by dropping litter they are helping people out, its like the guilt free card.

Maybe the council could spend the money on more bins?

Or the "But they are paid for that !" card. Excuse me ? Even if that person is there to clean, it doesn't mean we shouldn't respect this one, there are bins for that, the street is not a place for garbage, bins are.

Exactally. Is pure lazyness when people think they can just drop their litter and it will get cleaned up behind them.

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I live in the country, and the cans, bottles & polethene that people through out their window wont get cleaned by the council.

Most town centres have enough bins, its just peopel cany be bother to walk 10 yards to the nearest one.

Your neighbourhood seems to be very....nice lol :hugesmile:

You obviously havent been to Burnley then, from the Bus Station to the far end of Turf Moor there isnt one bin thats about 1/4 of a mile

And before you ask, I did keep it in my hand until I reached a bin, even though my hand was freezing

Aww bless, I hope you are well now, it must be horrible. :laugh3: (joke of course)

Lol!
The village is ok, its just I live on the outskirts, and on that stretch of rode since Sat Nav became big and began directing more cars their, the litter has increased.

lol:tongue:

that day it was about -2c

1/4 of a mile isnt exactally a marathon though. And that wasn't in the town centre.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/575/84632014mc4.png

A image of where I live, to help prove my point.

That's why I said it's a joke lol :hugesmile:

its a fair way

and it was very much the Town centre, Turf Moor is a famous big football ground you know

Wow this is very...little I guess.

I know, I was aiming it a chewy not you!

Do you mean the area I live in?
Of course you cant see the litter this far out, and it was from several years ago.

And incase anyone is interested the brave fox is in the bottom right handed corner of our field :tongue:

Both lol

Do you live in a rural or urban part of France remy?

Second biggest french city, Marseille. How to explain ? Well, one of the biggest european port, big beach, many islands, sunny time all year long and best place for clubbing in France. So I guess it's a urban part lol

Sound like fun. That's the main reason I come on TiBB so much, as their is little else to do.

It doesn't sound fun, it is. And the mayor makes a great job about cleaning and stuff like this so I don't really worry as I live in the center of the town.

I never litter and theres like no litter at all in my area. posh :hello:

I think it sounds fun. Sun, Sea, Clubs, Shops. Where I love their is nothing.
I remember you saying now actually, because didn't a building across from your house catch on fire?

Yes it was pretty bad, they demolished it to re-build an other one. Well, bad people are everywhere.

Actually, they don't just clear rubbish up here. Their job description is "outdoor maintenance" meaning they also go around fixing things that have broken, or cut the grass in public places etc.

There is a mile stretch near my college and a shopping centre nearby. A lot of people are always around that mile stretch. There are no bins. When you are coming back from there with food, the last thing you want to be doing is holding rubbish whilst you are trying to eat something. And as there are no bins about dropping is the only option.

If I'm near a bin then I'll put it in the bin obviously but if not then I throw it on the floor. It's hardly Notting Hill where I live so I'm hardly the only one ... though I know that's not the point.

However, one thing that REALLY p!ssed me off ....

I was on my dinner hour and I threw a chip wrapper on the floor and the community support officers shouted me back and I got a £75 for throwing it. I honestly was shocked ... £75 for throwing a chip wrapper when it's only a £30 fine if you use your mobile whilst driving ... which one is putting lives in danger?

I was genuinely shocked, and they said to me "well at least you won't do it again". I still do it, purposely sometimes because I'm honestly that immature purely because I couldn't believe they fined me £75 for it when I've stated about the mobile phones and driving. I'm just more aware now and rather than looking for a bin, I look for a green jacket to see if a community officer is there. :whistle:

I can't bring myself to drop litter. It's such a scruffy rude thing to do! I was brought up better than that.

Well said Lauren, to drop litter is disgusting. And the argument 'there is no bin around' is just a sad excuse.

Its up to everyone to keep Britain tidy

If everyone dropped litter can you imaging what this country would look like???

It doesnt take much effort to find a bin, even if it is a mile away.

I honestly cannot believe that people would even consider to drop litter

It is pure laziness. The fact that someone would rather take the effort to look for the green jacket than a bin speaks volumes.

It annoys me it really does. What the hell does it say about society that they would rather dump litter on the ground rather than walking slightly out of your way.

'its someone else's problem' :rolleyes: