Comment on The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoHardly 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).
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 4 weeks 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.
OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Selling food that comes with garbage included, in a location without bins, is littering.
redwattlebird@lemmings.world 4 weeks ago
But that’s why you take the rubbish home with you, where there is a bin. Where’s the end user responsibility?
OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
You used “but” as if you were going to disagree with me, but then you didn’t. It was strange.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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.