to find the roadside litter and dumping an absolute disgrace ...

I agree, Chestnut, some local authorities don't help. Free access to the tips for everyone and providing more litter bins would make a big difference. DH picked up a broken bottle from the pavement recently and had to carry it for nearly a mile before we came across a bin to put it in - we were in a town, not out in the country. When we cross into our neighbouring authority, with more bins and actual paid litterpickers (shock!), we notice the difference immediately.

But ultimately it's the selfish so and sos who drop the stuff who are to blame. And it has got worse recently. I head out regularly with my trusty litterpicker and can fill a big carrier bag in 15 minutes. There'll be four or five discarded face masks in there too.

It's absolutely heartbreaking. People who throw stuff randomly are unbelievably selfish and stupid. Do they actually want to see litter everywhere?

As for the fly-tippers, some areas have huge amounts of fly-tipped rubbish. I have long believed that councils should provide free 24 hour council tips for everyone. Surely this would be easier and cheaper than sending trucks to remote locations, picking it all up and then transporting it back to the council tips? Ultimately it all has to end up in the tip anyway.

Littering makes our grass verges look tainted and disgraceful and a lot is thrown out of car windows.
Most people who live near and have dogs are responsible owners and dispose of fouling.

It's how people are brought up I was always told not to drop litter. If children are not told from a young age they will never learn it's wrong. I never dropped litter and brought my children up not to either their pockets were always full.
I went to the shop this morning and noticed bags of rubbish dumped by the roadside. It really annoys me when people don't use bins and throw litter everywhere. One of the biggest problems in the country lanes is fly tipping its a disgrace.

I hate it. We go litter picking as much as we can. To be honest, the bin men themselves are just as much culprits. I understand they’re probably not allowed to pick random litter up all day, for health and safety reasons...and time of course, but when they drop it themselves....and just leave it.

I’ve phoned our environmental department several times, and they say they’re supposed to pick up what they drop. Dream on. It’s never going to happen, and on windy days with the recycling. Forget it. I pick up enough to refill the bin!

Years ago we were all reminded to ‘Keep Britain Tidy’.
Time to bring it back. I wish littering could be viewed as the antisocial behaviour it is.

Are any countries litter/graffiti free nowadays though?

Saw a collection of litter (takeaway cartons, crisp packets, drink cans) floating down the small river, (where otters live), which runs through a local market town at eight am last week; it had been taken out from a nearby bin and deliberately emptied into the water and apparently happens regularly.
Why?

Dreadful here in Birmingham. The Council rarely empty the bins around the shopping area. The rubbish is overflowing and rolling around the streets. The canal at the back of our house has bottles, cans, paper bags, masks floating in it and on the canal bank.
I'm always ringing the Council and Canals and Rivers Trust, usually to no avail. I've never understood the mentality of being kind enough to feed the ducks and then throwing the bread bag on the ground.

My neighbour regularly cycles our country lanes and collects rubbish from a few inaccessible places. A lot of dog walkers also collect rubbish, including me.

My neighbour now has an arrangement with the council who collect the bags, she obviously can't transport them on her bike.

I found it very depressing when my son lived in London to see the amount of litter on the roadsides and in hedges on the way. We are very lucky that there’s rarely any round here in north Norfolk. There really is no excuse.

My neighbour and I litter pick regularly in our local area. The lane we live on is used as a rat run by motorists who do not want to be snarled up in traffic on the major road which runs parallel. We find all sorts thrown from vehicles. The ones who make me despair the most are those who carefully pack all their takeaway cartons etc into the brown paper bag it came in then throw that out onto the verge. Why go one step further and take the bag home? Don't get me started on lazy dog walkers who leave bulging little plastic bags hanging from branches. I live in hope of catching one of them in the act one day.

It's terrible. I live in rural village and people in the village volunteer to pick it up (organised by the parish councillors) I have to pick up enough outside my own house to be honest. Spirits bottles, beer cans, face masks, fast food packaging seem the worst

Yes I hate it. There is an area in my local town that I worked in a few years ago. I recently returned to work in that area and I couldnt believe the change in terms of litter.