I never get why anyone feels it is ok to litter. Many is the time I’ve dashed across a park to retrieve a tissue that has blown away or something. I do it instinctively. I never drop litter deliberately. Why would I? I carry stuff till I find a bin and then I put it in. It’s really simple and easy. Why would anyone not do the same?
I’m really curious to know why people think it’s ok to do. Do they think it gives street cleaners a job? Are they so lazy that they really can’t be bothered? Do they have so little pride in the environment and surroundings that they don’t care? Don’t they care about the effects on others and on wildlife? I’d like to think none of these were true, but there must be a reason because there is an awful lot of litter out there.
Local authorities could do more to help. The good ones make getting rid of rubbish properly easy. Our council is quite good at it, but even they fall down on things like bulky waste collection – they charge for it to be taken away, which I think could encourage fly tipping. Councils should make it easy and free to get rid of rubbish, so that it is done properly. Of course, that does cost money and council tax payers have to cough up.
Sometimes I am on the train and look out at the backs of houses alongside railway lines. So many times I’ve seen stuff shoved over onto the railway companies’ land. In many cases there is really only one way it could have got there and that is due to the occupants of the house. It saddens me. It’s so unnecessary.
It’s even worse out in the countryside or on the beach. Who thinks it’s ok to leave behind their rubbish in these precious places?
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