Take Your Litter Home!

Hi ellie, [i]That will also annoy me especially seeing people throwing their wrappers or empty cans or cups anywhere! I always place it in my purse for wrappers but for cans or cups, I always find bin and if I can't find any, I will take it home.. I have no guts to just leave it anywhere, same as my husband! I guess with this simple act we can help our environment and I hope everyone will take responsibility yet![/i]

Hi Ellie...it annoys me for one that we are meant to clear up our litter behind us but have no bin to put it in councils or whomever especially on motorways etc should have them in the laybys otherwise what can you expect form most people...however saying that I always have a bag on me when it comes to putting an empty drink bottle etc in cos I really don't like leaving rubbish lying around..infact it would make me feel GUILTY if I did Hugglws littleowl

We have people littering all over even though there ARE bins provided. It's a real problem in Australia in spite of numerous Clean Up campaigns. Some ratbags like to toss bottles and rubbish out of car windows as they drive along too so that the country roads are strewn with rubbish. It's horrible.

Hi ellie, I also hate when people dump their trash on the street. Like yesterday, I was parked waiting for my husband to come back from the store, two kids and their mother were walking and the little boy finish eating his chips and just dump the bag on the sidewalk. The mother didn't say anything to him, they just kept walking. That's way our streets are so dirty, people don't care.

Hello ellie333. I am not sure what a layby is. It sounds like a little park, sort of. Yes, it would annoy me if people simply left their litter somewhere without taking any responsibility for it. I would definitely take my litter home with me. Each person is responsible for his own garbage. I definitely agree with you on this one.

Hey there, i do think that a civic-minded person should be doing their best to keep the environment clean and free of litter but sometimes I myself just throw away rubbish anywhere when there is no rubbish bins. Rubbish bins are very important because most people do not give too much thought when they want to dispose their rubbish so when they cant find a rubbish bin in 10 seconds they just throw it anywhere. ^^

It is the responsibility of the establishment, coffee house, pub, restaurant, or layby to have a garbage bin for the patrons to dispose of their trash. So the layby was encouraging the people to throw their trash away. Not everyone has a bag along with them to put trash in because we all expect that when we finished our drinks and our snacks, we will walk out and see the trash bin right that near the door. Even if you are at the beach and get fish and chips there is always a garbage can even if it is battered down. If you picked something up at the stores, you already have the bag, but is it yours to go buy something that you would not need so there would be a bag to throw the trash in?

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I am very thankful to my Highschool teachers who taught me this habit. Even without a car or plastic, I learned to either bring home my own craps or find a garbage can. Fortunately, I became a teacher myself and I had been teaching the same thing. And it is really fun seeing your students doing the same.

It always makes me mad to see people dump their rubbish like that. I mean where is the harm in just keeping it in a plastic bag in the car and putting it in the next bin you pass or bringing it home. I am one of those people that will not allow my kids to drop even the tiniest bit of paper, and as a consequence I always have pocketfuls of rubbish when I have been shopping. My kids though, will not drop a bit of rubbish when they are out with me, if they do I make them go after it and pick it up.

I know a lot of people who have litter bags in their cars. Trinidad passed litter laws years ago and the government never put out a single bin on the streets. Private companies and organisations do that. These are always full and never enough to collect everything. Imagine ! Litter laws and nowhere to throw garbage !

It is annoying how there are no bins about and I do take my rubbish with me. It like at bus stops and even on buses people will just drop their litter without regards to who will have to clear it up, thats if someone does clear it up!! Bins should be provided as in the long run it will be easier to empty a bin than go around picking up all the rubbish that is lying about!! So much for Keep Britain Tidy. I dont think much is done to to encourage people to keep their country tidy, I dont think these litter louts even care about their country!! As for responsibility it is the people who drop litter but then it will also fall onto the council for not having bins in place and of course it will be them who will end up cleaning it at the tax payers expense probably!!

Well ellie, I do agree with you here. It is not that difficult to hold on to your trash and dispose of it when you reach your destination. We have a disturbing situation too here in the USA about the growing trash compounds as it is. If there is no place to dispose of the trash where you are, then take it with you! It is not that big of a deal! If you do not want to take it as far as your full destination then take it as far as is necessary and dump it the first litter pail that you see!

i do agree with you about this problem . everyon of us should not discard litter randomly. we should keep our earth clean

I always always take mine with me....it's one of my pet peeves! When I travel it really irks me when I see people tossing their garbage out onto the street....why do they think it's someone else's responsibility? When I went to the grand canyon...that's what I saw...litter and people not flushing the toilets! I am glad they have invented a toilet that will flush when you stand up! These are two of my biggest gripes!

It does annoy me when I see that there are cans and or bottles left along the park or at any place for that matter. I believe that if a person doesn't want to look for trash cans for their litters, then they shouldn't have brought/bought those cans and bottles of soda/water. Walking a few more steps to be able to find a trash can or putting a small candy wrapper in your pocket first would do a good deal to ensure that our environment is kept clean and orderly.

Hi Ellie! I think it's our own responsibility to take our rubbish home with us - and like you, I've noticed some horrors when stopping during road trips! Last time my husband and I pulled over, I opened the door and nearly stepped into where someone had obviously emptied a full car ashtray. Nearby was an open plastic bag full of foul-smelling disposable nappies! Sadly, RailCorp in Australia decided after the 9/11 attack to remove all rubbish bins from their stations, which is really annoying as you often want to empty your bag of sweet wrappers and used newspapers after a train trip! It would be nice if packaging could be kept to a minimum anyway - there's far too much of it.

Hi ellie, I think those pigs who do that has no sense of responsiblity, I wonder if their own homes are like tips, if more people you take thier rubbish home the country would be that much more pleasant. Thank you ellie. Love and Huggles Tamara

ahh thats one of my pet peeves i used to get shouted at as a child if i ever even tried to drop litter so it's like a natural thing now i end up with everyones litter cos i can't stand it. You get fined £1000 now where i am but really how hard is it to just keep hold of it until you find a bin. Plus it means the streets are nice and clean and not rat infested nothing against rats just litter is such an eyesore and it blocks up drainage systems just such a pain in the bum

I always keep plastic bags in the car and take my litter home if there are no trash bins around. I think it is awful that some people have no respect for the environment or for others.