Comments on: Why Do People Litter the Countryside http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside A Site About Everything and Nothing Wed, 23 May 2012 01:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: History Hunter http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-18464 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:58:49 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-18464 Up on the north wall, where Stealth Pooch does her regular run, its a veritable assault course making your way round all the dog crap along there. Myself and my good wife have had very strange looks from people for doing the unimaginable ........... picking up Stealth Pooch's plentiful deposits and carrying them, in a bag, back to the car. I mean, come on, who in their right mind would even think that that is acceptable???? Me and the bride, thats who! Shame nobody else has the same idea really! Up on the north wall, where Stealth Pooch does her regular run, its a veritable assault course making your way round all the dog crap along there. Myself and my good wife have had very strange looks from people for doing the unimaginable ……….. picking up Stealth Pooch’s plentiful deposits and carrying them, in a bag, back to the car. I mean, come on, who in their right mind would even think that that is acceptable???? Me and the bride, thats who! Shame nobody else has the same idea really!

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-18460 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:11:23 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-18460 Brian, thanks for the comment and welcome to the site - I'm in whole-hearted agreement with you. It's easy to blame councils etc but they didn't cause the problem and it's not relaistic to expect them to be able to pick it all up - we the public are to blame. I've walked many miles in Switzerland Brian and never once seen litter or dog mess - it's all cultural and about respect in general I believe Regards Rod Brian,
thanks for the comment and welcome to the site - I’m in whole-hearted agreement with you.
It’s easy to blame councils etc but they didn’t cause the problem and it’s not relaistic to expect them to be able to pick it all up - we the public are to blame.

I’ve walked many miles in Switzerland Brian and never once seen litter or dog mess - it’s all cultural and about respect in general I believe
Regards
Rod

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: Brian http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-18459 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:28:17 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-18459 The amount of litter everywhere is huge. In South Wales it appears to be accepted a a normal state of affairs even in the most rural areas. Fly tipping also appears to be a national pastime. The hedgerows along country lanes ,the coastline , and especially areas controlled by Network rail are heavily littered . I think the main problem is that when tn a car you dont see the litter for the most part and would go home thinking you had travelled through scenic countryside, Its not until you walk that the litter becomes apparent. and not many people do that these days. I I sure councils do their best on limited budgets and indead do keep shopping and tourist area generally clear, However their recources obviously dont stretch to minor roads or footpaths Also much land alonside roads, retail parks, industrial areas etc is privatly owned and as such is not under council control and the owner is under no obligation to control the litter. I presume that as it would not generate income ,they dont. Anyway the origional question refered to the mentality of the litter droppers-Me, Me, Me , - End of story The amount of litter everywhere is huge. In South Wales it appears to be accepted a a normal state of affairs even in the most rural areas. Fly tipping also appears to be a national pastime. The hedgerows along country lanes ,the coastline , and especially areas controlled by Network rail are heavily littered . I think the main problem is that when tn a car you dont see the litter for the most part and would go home thinking you had travelled through scenic countryside, Its not until you walk that the litter becomes apparent. and not many people do that these days. I
I sure councils do their best on limited budgets and indead do keep shopping and tourist area generally clear,
However their recources obviously dont stretch to minor roads or footpaths Also much land alonside roads, retail parks, industrial areas etc is privatly owned and as such is not under council control and the owner is under no obligation to control the litter. I presume that as it would not generate income ,they dont.
Anyway the origional question refered to the mentality of the litter droppers-Me, Me, Me , - End of story

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9329 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:07:05 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9329 Juli, I think leaving the paper on the seat for the next traveller counts as recycling :) It would be nice if councils and the like put a bit more money into cleaning the rivers up. I'm convinced littering is the same as 'The Broken Window' effect. The more litter the more likely people are to litter and vice versa Best Rod Juli,
I think leaving the paper on the seat for the next traveller counts as recycling :)

It would be nice if councils and the like put a bit more money into cleaning the rivers up.
I’m convinced littering is the same as ‘The Broken Window’ effect. The more litter the more likely people are to litter and vice versa
Best
Rod

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: juli http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9324 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:50:06 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9324 This has got to be one of my pet hates of the moment. It's always annoyed me the way people think it's generally acceptable to litter, but it's been accelerated since I stopped driving and started getting the train to work - there are no bins in either of the train stations I use, which apparently makes it ok to throw your starbucks cardboard cup onto the platform! I know they say it's to prevent terrorism, but there are bins in the metro stations on tyneside - they're just a clear bin bag suspended by a metal and rubber circle, presumably the idea is that if the bin bag is clear you'd be able to see if someone put a bomb in it!? Littering in general makes me angry. I walk along one of the most scenic routes along the river in Durham on my way to work, and it makes me so sad to notice all of the plastic bottles floating along the river, although to be fair I do reckon some of them weren't intentionally dumped - the debris, man-made and otherwise, in the river has increased a lot since we had very heavy rainfall a fortnight ago which resulted in flooding of land further upstream. I can only assume various litter got washed unintentionally into the river somewhere. Incidentally, here's a littering puzzle for people. I quite often pick up a metro paper on my way to work (for the uninitiated, this is a free daily newspaper issued at rail and other public transport stations for people just to pick up) and the trend on the tyneside metro seems to be for people to read the paper then leave it on the seat for the next person to read. Is that littering, or am I ok doing this? This has got to be one of my pet hates of the moment. It’s always annoyed me the way people think it’s generally acceptable to litter, but it’s been accelerated since I stopped driving and started getting the train to work - there are no bins in either of the train stations I use, which apparently makes it ok to throw your starbucks cardboard cup onto the platform!

I know they say it’s to prevent terrorism, but there are bins in the metro stations on tyneside - they’re just a clear bin bag suspended by a metal and rubber circle, presumably the idea is that if the bin bag is clear you’d be able to see if someone put a bomb in it!?

Littering in general makes me angry. I walk along one of the most scenic routes along the river in Durham on my way to work, and it makes me so sad to notice all of the plastic bottles floating along the river, although to be fair I do reckon some of them weren’t intentionally dumped - the debris, man-made and otherwise, in the river has increased a lot since we had very heavy rainfall a fortnight ago which resulted in flooding of land further upstream. I can only assume various litter got washed unintentionally into the river somewhere.

Incidentally, here’s a littering puzzle for people. I quite often pick up a metro paper on my way to work (for the uninitiated, this is a free daily newspaper issued at rail and other public transport stations for people just to pick up) and the trend on the tyneside metro seems to be for people to read the paper then leave it on the seat for the next person to read. Is that littering, or am I ok doing this?

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9305 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:07:49 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9305 Hi Tom, the thing that really beats me is that those people are making a mess of the very area, by definition of them being there, that they want to use. Presumably they like the spot so why not keep it nice for themselves even if they care about nothing else ? It's unacceptable behaviour and as I always say: If you want to know whether any action is acceptable or not ask yourself "what would happen if everybody did it ?" Cheers Rod Hi Tom,
the thing that really beats me is that those people are making a mess of the very area, by definition of them being there, that they want to use.
Presumably they like the spot so why not keep it nice for themselves even if they care about nothing else ?

It’s unacceptable behaviour and as I always say:
If you want to know whether any action is acceptable or not ask yourself “what would happen if everybody did it ?”
Cheers
Rod

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: Tom C. http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9304 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:51:32 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9304 This is one of my more hated forms of disrespect people show for the community around them. Rod you think the River Freshney is bad you should explore the little group of trees behind it. You can't even step on the ground without touching some form of litter. It was probably the hideout for some disillusioned teens. Good article - though in a perfect world it shouldn't have to have been written. This is one of my more hated forms of disrespect people show for the community around them. Rod you think the River Freshney is bad you should explore the little group of trees behind it. You can’t even step on the ground without touching some form of litter. It was probably the hideout for some disillusioned teens. Good article - though in a perfect world it shouldn’t have to have been written.

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: chris keyworth http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9300 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:56:04 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9300 unfortunatly its the times we live in, i blame the perants but without defending this sort of antisocial littering. history is infact told to us mainly by peoples litter without this valuable source of evidence we would know very little about our ancesters regards chris unfortunatly its the times we live in, i blame the perants but without defending this sort of antisocial littering.

history is infact told to us mainly by peoples litter without this valuable source of evidence we would know very little about our ancesters

regards
chris

]]> Comment on Why Do People Litter the Countryside by: Little Brother http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9299 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:44:29 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/why-do-people-litter-the-countryside#comment-9299 Rod, Well said...scum. LB Rod,
Well said…scum.

LB

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