Do you see a lot of litter where you are?

I also hate seeing litter on the side of the roads or anywhere else. I do see alot of it too. Each can do our part in taking care of the earth. Personally i do not throw trash on the ground. I will carry it back home or the distination im going to then throw it away. Also im not useing paper products in my home. I use things i can wash and reuse.

Hey Jen! I hate to say it, but where I live there is always alot of litter! And it really bothers me because there are garbage cans all over and people still throw food containers and papers all over the ground and there is just no reason for it! There are supposed to be fines for littering, but there is no one to enforce them! The police are too busy sitting in their cars talking to each other or handing out tickets for other things! When I go to Florida to see my Mom that is the first thing I notice is how clean it is! And as soon as the plane starts to land in NY it looks so dirty and disgusting!

I see plenty of litter, and litter details picking it up... but Saturday driving to the memorial service we saw a LOT of glossy pamphlets or brochures and finally the BOX! We said "Looks like someone lost a box...

I work in a restaurant, and one of my responsibilities each day is to sweep all the trash out of our parking lot. It never ceases to amaze me how much crap people can toss out in one parking lot. I usually sweep up about 3-4 dustpans full of stuff off our lot. I have gotten as many as SEVEN dustpans full at one time out there though. It is sad that people will just throw their crap out like that, though, instead of doing the right thing and finding a trash can to put it all in. What is even worse, and this is a testimony to the laziness of some of the dumba$$es that frequent our restaurant, is that there are TWO large trash cans that sit out on our patios all night...one on each side of the building...and people are too damn lazy to walk up there and put their trash in those cans. They would rather toss it out for someone else to have to clean up...

Yeah jenin not suprisingly, i honestly would say it is common on our area....i would be surprised if those litters would never be seen anymore.... Mobhomeir here...

Well dear friend. I live in Bangladesh where people are not much aware of cleanliness. But the city (Kushtia) I live in is cleaner than other Districts of Bangladesh. Litters scattered around here and there is a common scene of this country. But it's a matter of hope that now people here are getting aware of this problem and the local aothority is also taking necessary steps in this concern to keep the city clean. Have a nice day.

Hi, JenInTN. Yes, I have seen litter along side of the road. People have even littered in my front yard. Sometimes, I would see people walking by and they would just throw their trash on the road. This is common where I live at. I am sure that we have laws for littering. I just have not seen anyone punished for this. I hope that they get punished too!

i DON'T SEE MUCH LITTER BUT AS U KNOW I'M NOT OUT MUCH EITHER & EVEN LESS LATELY BECAUSE OF ALL THE ^&&^$# SNOW. lIKE U I HATE TO SEE IT. I know some people get fined for it because it's in the paper sometimes but i have no idea how much. Have a good night, Jen.

No not at all thankfully. I'm like you I would hate to see litter around. When I lived in New York the wind would blow litter all to the front of my fence. So every other day in the spring and summer time I would be out there sweeping the mess. I can't believe how someone can just be walking by and drop a wrapper on the ground. Or the best is when driving and you see some one ahead of you drop a brown bag of garbage out the window. Its so disgusting and I guess these people don't care about living with garbage around them.

dear jen, i live in the philippines. my place, is a neat one compared to other cities in my country, i can proudly say that people here are better disciplined when it comes to garbage disposal and stuff. streets sweepers are very industrious as well. happy valentines day! ann

One thing I have to say about S. Florida is that the litter problem isn't too bad. I occasionally see some low-life type throwing stuff out of his car but not very often. Maybe it's because I live in a heavily populated area and having so many witnesses around all the time acts as a deterrent, I don't know. I would like to think that people have become more responsible and sophisticated but then I drive to some other areas and I see that's not really the case. I never could understand how people could just throw trash anywhere but then I saw the TV show "Hoarders" and I saw people that live in trash and clutter in their own homes so throwing it out the window is no big deal for someone like that I guess. Maybe someday all people will have enough respect and consideration for everyone else to save their trash for a trash can.

We must have some responsible citizens where I'm at..they walk and usually clean up while doing so. I was driving the other day and was behind a car full of teens at a stop light...shockingly-they decided to clean out their car while waiting! Now where's a cop when you need him!? It's aggravating sometimes!

I agree with snug. I live near a school and there is a lot of litter dropped by kids, I'm assuming. There are just mounds of gum near a sewer grate at my house which is utterly disgusting. But around my area there is a $500 fine for littering which seems to be a lot to me. For one piece of litter $500 is a lot. (Maximum fine is $2000)

Around my house there isn't a lot but in Detroit there is definitely is. They try to keep it clean but so many people litter anyways! It's sad. Detroit used to be so beautiful and some parts still are but now people are burning down buildings and destroying everything. I don't understand. Where I like the most you see littered on the road is road kill.

I see it all over around here. Once in awhile it ends up in my yard and the kids or I will pick it up. The guy across the street has a ton of stuff in his yard and on the road in front of his house right now, but he never bothers picking it up. That might be why people don't feel bad about littering in his yard.

no not in our place. i am from the philippines were garbage are not controlled very well but in the city where i live at is a clean one. we are called the little singapore (though i know singapore is a small country already har har har) we recycle and segregate our garbage so it is really clean in our city. after the typhoon last september there are a lot of garbage along the srteets but it was maintained again and the city was back to normal after a month or two. i guess from all the cities in the phillipines ours is the best marikina city. you can read it here jen i gave you a link but not a refereal link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marikina_City

I do see some litter. The correction department sends out groups of prisoners and such along the roadside to clean up. Also different groups in our state adopt areas of the highways and keeps it clean. I remember when my ex-husband and I came back down into the states from Canada. We drove down into Seattle and I rememember how dirty it was compared to British Columbia we had just left. Ugh!

I think litter has become a big problem nowadays. You are right that we can see many litters around us on the road. This is not only the government problem, but this is our problem. I think modern people should rethink about what is the actual meaning of discipline. Many modern people don't know what is the essence of discipline. Some people, especially rich people, they think if this world is belonging to them only. But the fact is this is our world. We can preventing such problem by our own daily habit. Start from small thing such as always littering on the bin. From a small thing we can start to keep our world clean. Have a nice day and happy mylotting.

I see a lot of it around here. In fact when I lived in Maine you saw very little. Once I lived here about 2 weeks in NC, I couldn't help but realize that people don't care what this state looks like. In fact I was horrified, to see bags of trash thrown beside of the road, as well as regular litter. To me that is just wrong. They have very few fines here and they don't enforce it. Its a shame really because the state would be so pretty with less litter.

Well, here in England there are people who look out for those flouting the smoking ban or if they leave their "dockers" on the pavement instead of placing them in the bins provided. However, there doesn't seem to be the same level of attention placed on those who litter the streets. It is a problem all over the country...even in the countryside, which always saddens me. Nowhere is sacred! A new thing is people chucking litter out of their cars instead of taking it home with them. To me, that is the ultimate in laziness and I really wish there was a clamp-down. I am amazed that even where you are (where there are fines) people still dump litter. You could be right though; it could be something to do with the weather you've been experiencing. I'd like to think so, anyway. Don't want it to become a bad habit like over here lol.