They sell things that come in cups, or with napkins. Lots of people cycle/run/walk here instead of driving, seems pretty stupid.
Taking away the bins doesn’t mean you don’t produce rubbish…
That’s not how this works.
The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area
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MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
They just don’t want to pay people to empty the bins. Defunding. DEFUNDING!
jimbel@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Just take your own rubbish home
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 1 week ago
there should be a rule that, if you sell stuff, which produces rubbis - you have to provide enough bins for said trash.
jimbel@lemm.ee 1 week ago
In my opinion in forests or nature parks everyone has the responsibility to behave respectful towards nature. This means do not even cause rubbish. If someone wants to sell stuff, then do not sell disposables. Instead serv in glasses or similar. On the other hand people should not buy disposables in nature parks. Just bring your own stuff e.g. thermos flask.
spicy_mango@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, if they sell crisps, or coffee in a disposable cup, but don’t give you somewhere to dispose of the packet/cup, that’s a little unfair, but ultimately not that much of a burden, and if it is, don’t buy the crisps, buy something else e.g. a sandwich that comes on a plate with no wrapper.
They should advertise at point of sale that there are no bins and you have to take your rubbish with you.
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I think there’s a lot of franchised businesses that do use this philosophy.
Contemporarium@lemm.ee 1 week ago
When I was visiting England I remember my grandpa and I walking around London looking for a trash can and being shocked at how rare they were compared to the US
fellowmortal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
One reason that the UK has few trash cans is because of the IRA, a terrorist organization that would plant bombs in them. It is kind of a sore point when Americans notice stuff like this, because US citizens were significant donors to the IRA.
N.B. There isn’t a reason why you should know this.
nadram@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If you’re planning a picnic, you bring your own trash bags, sort your trash, and dispose of it properly. And you will eventually make the effort to produce less rubbish, for example, ask to take your order without napkins or a plastic bag.
Eheran@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You operate a cafe and sell stuff that is trash 5 minutes later? You print a trash bin.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Don’t buy anything at the cafe if you’re not prepared to carry it out, I wouldn’t.
A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 1 week ago
there is a bin in the café according to you lmao.
this is ridiculous tbh, protecting wildlife is more important than your convenience in that place lmao, you’re annoyed that you have to walk inside to throw your trash?? wtf lol.
jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
There are probably just going to be more people dropping trash on the floor instead of a bin
Nighed@feddit.uk 1 week ago
The only problem with the bins that got removed had with wildlife was when wasps nested in them one year. They had sprung loaded flaps
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
So bring our own bin and pickup the stuff other people dropped as well?
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
Looks like the bean-counters thought they could easily axe the trash cost by shoving onto eveeyone else. I doubt it will increase the natural beauty there.
Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This is an interesting read:
gnygnygny@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Geniuses have no understanding of how some people can be dirty.
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I’m on board with this. Don’t bring rubbish into woodland areas; and if you do bring it - take it back with you.
I’m sure the bins were very convenient - but its a convenience that only helps you leave trash in the woodland for someone else to collect. And as others have pointed out, the rubbish can cause problems even if it is all put in the bin.
So yeah, I can see that it is mildly frustrating - but I don’t think ‘take your rubbish home’ is too much of an ask.
dickalan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, I agree but if you know anything about human behavior, you would realize all this paragraph you wrote was for nothing because people are going to do what people do
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I’ve just come back from a holiday which involved lots of hiking in mountains and woodlands. It’s rare to see bins out there, and yet somehow the places are clean. But please tell me more about human behaviour. Getting insulted by strangers on the internet is so fun.
libra00@lemmy.world 1 week ago
We have a commitment to producing no rubbish on-site. Well, we had one, but then budget cuts took away our garbage bins, so now I guess you have a commitment to producing no rubbish on-site.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Translation: we fired the guy that empties the trash, it’s your job now.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I get it if the trash can is a mile up the trail. I have a problem when they take away a trash can next to a picnic area.
Tweet@feddit.uk 1 week ago
It’s been this way as long as I can remember down at Moors Valley. From my limited observations there, it surprisingly works much better than you might expect.
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah I have seen a lot of trash cans in public parks that get ransacked by wildlife. Raccoons or even crows throwing all the trash out to get into a bag of fast food.
If someone can carry loaded food packaging in they should bring their own bag and pack it all out. It is probably better to lighten the load on the forestry workers by having a smaller number of receptacles available.
I wouldn’t be mildly infuriated by this at all. I try to pick up any trash I see anyhow. It is convenient but doesn’t bother me if I take it home and get rid of it there .
Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 week ago
You said carry in. OP said this is a cafe, so not carried in. Acquired on site = disposed on site.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Even Wait Disney knew this doesn’t work
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 1 week ago
Walt Disney was a capitalist charging admission to a controlled capitalist environment. This is public land that we all collectively own and should care for. Trash bins add to overhead and are bad for surrounding wildlife. We can all just do our part. We owe Disney nothing. We owe the land and our society everything. Big difference.
rozcakj@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Performative capitalism + fake environmentalism at it’s worst. Ugh.
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 1 week ago
Dont know what you mean by performative capitalism, but carry in carry out is pretty standard fare environmentalism. Though these people are not carrying in, they are making the decision to buy onsite and should then accept carry out responsibilities.