Litter and Littering

Dropping litter this has to be one of the things that annoys me the most about the general public when out and about We have some really lovely areas in our country (especially when the sun shines ha ha ) but when you visit any of them the area always seems spoiled by various forms of litter Whilst there dosent always seem to be enough litter bins around in some places ,can it really be that much of a hardship to carry your litter with you till you come across a bin surley not! Bad enough is the abundance of paper and plastic rubbish but what really infuriates me is the mindless people who smash glass bottles and then leave sharp jagged pieces all over ...  Read the complete review

As a child littering never used to really bother me, whilst I was always taught to hold on to rubbish and put it in the first available bin, I would even wince if someone dropped their rubbish and carried on walking. Now I have aged my attitude has changed quite significantly and I hate litter and littering. As a race, human beings can be disgusting, lazy and selfish and littering seems rife. Whilst I can't condone any form of littering there are certain times when it really annoys me, as follows, that I thought I would share with you. i) Dropping litter even when there are loads of bins around A recent example of this was at ...  Read the complete review

The great Bill Bryson once wrote in his excellent book, 'Notes from a Small Country', that when he first arrived in Liverpool as a twenty year old it was like there was 'some sort of litter festival going on', the city was that grubby. It's a lovely description that tells us that not only is Bryson a funny writer on observing the Brits but littering has been around since the first ever parchment was tossed to the ground, which means someone needs to be paid to pick it up, and we, the preservers of our environment, need to also take responsibility. The government department that runs the anti-litter campaigns could be prosecuted for allowing fag butts and ...  Read the complete review

We are now living in a throw away generation, litter seems to be everywhere on our streets; in the countryside, on our roads and even in our places of work. Nobody likes it and yet so few of us do anything about it. My review doesn't focus on individuals that litter (which is majorly annoying) but rather on environmental and economic loss. Most counties have in place recycling schemes which do help 'reduce' waste i.e. the amount we dump into the ground as landfill, however the majority of waste that is collected by the council as 'recycling' is not recycled because the council recycling plants cant deal with it and so it ends up as landfill ...  Read the complete review

How many of us have been walking through town or standing at a bus stop when some youth (sorry to stereotype, but it's largely the case) throws a sweet wrapper, crisp bag or empty drink can on the floor, no more than 3 yards from a bin?! It irks me and most of us that a growing number of people seem to think it's perfectly fine to litter our streets, either because they think some nameless council employee will sweep it up, or just because they can't be bothered to divert 3 yards to the bin. Any attempt to reason with said youth will usually result in a sneer or a laugh with his mates about how sad or 'gay' you are. Councils do now have ...  Read the complete review