Who are these people?

My local Macdonald’s is great for clearing their own carpark and it’s surroundings, but once cars leave the premises it’s just a free for all. There are 3 routes out and all littered for a mile or more.

MT62

I can’t understand people who litter- take it ‘ bloody well home’.
A van in front of me yesterday, opened his window & threw out a large McDonalds bag, not sealed up, everything just spewed all over the road. I pipped my horn & he just gave me the finger 😳 oh for a camera in my car.

I have to say that we noticed a vast increase in the amount of litter around our area after a McDonalds opened up here, so it seems that that is quite a common habit for some of their customers!

In the days when I used to go running we frequented paths that wound through small copses of trees, and 'people' used to tie poo bags onto tree branches, just at eye level.
Who would do that? Lowlife is the only description.

Gwyllt

I don’t know if it the same now but when I lived near Delamare Forest in Cheshire. Noticed used to say “get a stick and flick “ I guess it was thought better to clear it off the paths and not have plastic left in the environment

make sure you pick up sticks in the middle - you don't know if it has already been used as a 'flick' 😱

25Avalon

Yes somebody does pay for it to be collected - you and me in our Council Tax!

My late MIL regularly used to chuck litter onto the street as she maintained that she paid for somebody to collect it up.

Not a view I have ever endorsed.

I can’t understand people who litter- take it ‘ bloody well home’.
A van in front of me yesterday, opened his window & threw out a large McDonalds bag, not sealed up, everything just spewed all over the road. I pipped my horn & he just gave me the finger 😳 oh for a camera in my car.

25Avalon

Yes somebody does pay for it to be collected - you and me in our Council Tax!

Not the ones hanging in the bushes and hedges on farmland!

And I'm perfectly happy with my council tax paying for the provision of bins and the emptying of them.

Yes somebody does pay for it to be collected - you and me in our Council Tax!

I don’t know if it the same now but when I lived near Delamare Forest in Cheshire. Noticed used to say “get a stick and flick “ I guess it was thought better to clear it off the paths and not have plastic left in the environment

AGAA4

It has got worse. The country park near where I live rarely had any dog poo left and there was no rubbish but for the last few years I have seen an array of coloured bags left on rocks or hanging in the trees. Drinks cans and other rubbish just thrown down.

I don't think these people think about who cleans it all up. As long as they are rid of it they don't care.

I think some of the the attitude is (being charitable here) that someone is paid to clean it up so why should they...

About 10 years ago I was helping to clear the garden of a large institution which had been empty for some years. Locals had easy access to the gardens and it was well used for dog walking. We had to remove a great many empty poo bags; the contents had rotted but the bags remained.

Quite honestly, I'd rather that the dog poo was just kicked or thrown into the undergrowth where there is some, to rot quietly without trace. Not in urban areas, of course, but in the countryside.

It's a difficult subject though. At least everywhere is, on the whole, much cleaner because most dog owners do pick up after their animals. You notice it if you go abroad to somewhere where people don't pick up. But the plastic lasts for years and years, even if its contents don't; it's not very environmentally friendly.

I have just been doing a bit of weeding and tidying in my front garden.
I have forsythia bush in full bloom which somebody thought would look nicer if they stuck a McDonalds box into it.

There is not a McDonalds anywhere near where I live so I am not sure how it made it's journey.

I don't understand that either. To buy the bags and then leave them in walls, hung on trees etc etc. I dont expect there are dog poo bins along Hadrians wall, but just double wrap and take home or to wherever the car is parked where there probably is a bin. The same with all litter.
Everest is a disgrace. I did read that the Nepalese are increasing the price of ascents to cover the cost of the clear up. I must Google that and check the facts

It has got worse. The country park near where I live rarely had any dog poo left and there was no rubbish but for the last few years I have seen an array of coloured bags left on rocks or hanging in the trees. Drinks cans and other rubbish just thrown down.

I don't think these people think about who cleans it all up. As long as they are rid of it they don't care.

We have poo bags put in our bins just outside our house or hung on tree branches of a local park.
I give up. Have no idea why dog owners do this I suppose is laziness and just a lack of consideration.
Tbh I feel the number of dogs has gone up substantially since Covid, certainly near us anyway.

Carrying a bag of stinky dog poo is not very pleasant so you leave the bag in a “safe” place intending to return and pick it up later but you forget. That’s the most charitable explanation. BUT mostly it’s ignorant, thoughtless people although they were thoughtful enough to buy the bags in the first place! Why would you do that? It’s one of life’s inexplicable mysteries.

This is a real bugbear of mine. Yes, I am a dog owner and I always pick up after him and if there is nowhere on our walk to dispose of the bags, I bring them home with me. I would never dream of leaving them - same with litter. People who do this or drop litter or dump unwanted items are just thoughtless and ignorant.

I remember reading about the amount of rubbish dumped at the top of Mount Everest. The Nepalese army have to go up and shift it every so often.

Sand pits had to be banned in children's playgrounds owing to the fact that people habitually dumped poo bags, condoms, fag ends and other disgusting rubbish into them.

Six to eight million pounds are spent yearly keeping British motorways and major roads safe and clear of dumped rubbish.

Who are these people who do all this?

Doodledog

JaneJudge

they need to be shot

So long as someone disposes of the bodies thoughtfully

😁

As PP above says who do they think is going to clean up after them on Hadrians wall?
Where are those ghosts of Roman legionaries who patrol Hadrian's Wall when you need them?
Not to clean up but to tell them to take their rubbish home with them.

My Latin is rusty but Heus tu, noli id ​​ibi relinquere might make them jump out of their skins.

JaneJudge

they need to be shot

So long as someone disposes of the bodies thoughtfully

Was it human poo or dog I wonder. I havent read the articlenyet.

I couldnt believe that someone had let what must have been a big dog poo at the entrance to a play area. I almost felt I should pick it up myself but didnt have a bag.

Someone walking past my house also let their dog poo on our gravel forecourt where we park the car. So I would have to step over it to get in the car. That I did have to pick up.
I am beginning to really dislike Joe Public.
As PP above says who do they think is going to clean up after them on Hadrians wall?

JaneJudge

they need to be shot

I was wondering about building more prisons but we wouldn't need to if you were in charge 😀

Doodledog

It's vile, isn't it?

Many poo bags are not degradable, which is in some ways another issue, but an important one, IMO. What's the point of picking up a degradable substance, putting it in a plastic bag and leaving it lying about?

It's very unpleasant to tread in poo, but at least it is biodegradable!

they need to be shot