Saying they are committed to producing no rubbish on a sign, then selling things that result in rubbish, is hypocritical.
Comment on The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area
ericthemighty@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It mildly infuriates me that you can’t see the logic in taking your rubbish with you when you leave.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Do you have an example of something that would be sold that had no resulting rubbish?
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
bread bowl lol
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Bread comes in a package. The soup that goes in it had a container….
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Food that comes on reused plates and/or drinks in reused cups. Much of the advertising around littering prevention was developed by industries who saw profits in creating a lot of single use items that wanted to shift the blame for any litter to individuals instead of them. When you see an empty bottle of Pepsi floating in a pond, Pepsi deserves more criticism than whoever dropped that specific bottle since they are the ones who brought it into the world, and they do it on a much larger scale than any 1 person could ever manage.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Food that comes on reused plates and/or drinks in reused cups.
The food all came in packaging, and stuff breaks or gets dropped, nothing is ever rubbish free…
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
No, which is why it’s stupid to take bins away from stores/cafes.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I don’t see a cafe in the picture? Are you sure this isn’t down the trail and the cafe still has a garbage…?
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
A corndog with a twizzler for the stick
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I can see taking things that I brought with me like granola bar wrappers and water bottles, but if you have a cafe selling cheeseburgers, fountain drinks, and coffee, it seems dumb to expect people to carry all that home rather than allowing them to throw it away at the same place they bought and consumed it.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah but the Cafe does have bins inside. It’s just the park that removed the public waste bins.
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Well, I hadn’t seen that mentioned anywhere, so if that’s the case I agree it’s not a big deal to pack your trash back to the cafe.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah I guess that tidbit was added in later by OP when people started asking questions.
deur@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
You’re weird for not knowing the OP’s actual point?
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
It’s a cafe area; they are giving you trash with your meal/drink, not providing a bin for it, then expecting you to pack it out.
Expecting people to packout the garbage they brought with them is one thing (that still doesn’t get followed); but if you’re going to provide the public with trash, you’ve gotta give them somewhere to dispose of it.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The cafe has bins. OP amended the post admitting that they do. The bins are inside, but either way, they do exist.
alphapuggle@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
While this is the ideal outcome, in reality people are just going to throw their trash in the bushes.
RejZoR@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
People who do this already did even when bins were still there. Because placing rubbish into pocket or backpack is so hard!
atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And they should be fined for dumping.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Or the park could invest in basic services instead of criminalizing guests.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Littering used to be illegal most places. It should be illegal pretty much every public place. If you’re breaking the law, you’re criminalizing yourself. This is like saying we shouldn’t resurface roads because it criminalizes speeders.