Comment on The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hardly an issue of stupidity. We’ve got shops a short ride away that sell you disposables with the intent of bringing them into the park. And we’ve got a park that’s removed the bins used to cart the waste back out again.

  The stupidity is in the policy. Either you have to prevent people from bringing this stuff in (incredibly difficult) or you have to manage the waste that exists by centralizing its collection and export (significantly easier and cheaper).

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  • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    People that litter are atupid/lazy/poorly educated.

    Unfortunately, if you don’t provide bins, some people are going to litter. Does my head in.

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    • OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Selling food that comes with garbage included, in a location without bins, is littering.

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      • redwattlebird@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        But that’s why you take the rubbish home with you, where there is a bin. Where’s the end user responsibility?

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      People that litter are atupid/lazy/poorly educated.

      Littering is a function of the laziness of the individual combined with the inconvenience of normal waste disposal. If you live in a neighborhood where trash pick-up is infrequent or unreliable, you’re going to find a lot more littering as a matter of simple convenience compared to one where trash pickups are regular and routine.

      The public expectation of efficient trash pickup also creates social pressure on individual neighbors not to dump illegally.

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