Litter in Countryside. Why?

[Brandane]

Came across this on my ride today. At the side of a single track, hardly used road, 6 miles from the nearest town, and at the top of a 4 mile climb. Obviously been dumped from a car, but why? Why are some people so selfish, lazy, or both, that they can't keep the rubbish until they find a bin? No wonder my opinion of the human race gets lower by the day. Some real nobbers* amongst us.
* My very restrained version, to avoid a ban.

 

[carpiste]

Why?
The answer is very plain. There are many morons out there. Simple!

 

[SydZ]

Sadly it’s not restricted to the countryside.

The council have put up some signs here, at popular spots around the city, saying something of the order of.

”Susan was at [insert location here] but you would never know. Susan took her rubbish home with her”.

 

[tyred]

You get it all the time here as well as large junk like old washing machines and old Ford Fiestas.

 

[ianrauk]

It's a blight, but certainly not restricted to our country.
Cycling in Spain you come across the very same problem.

 

[numbnuts]

Last year I was putting in fly tip reports 3-4 times a month to Test Valley, this year some one else has taken up the cause and gets there before me, but it's no good just looking at it you have to report it to the council

 

[Brandane]

but it's no good just looking at it you have to report it to the council

That's all very well when it comes to having it removed. But it doesn't stop the problem of the lazy nobbers dropping it in the first place. There's no real answer to that problem as you can't expect to have Police or cameras everywhere. You shouldn't HAVE to. You have to rely on people having the right thought process, and that is never going to happen.

 

[cougie uk]

That reminds me. I must report this example of fly tipping.

 

[Brandane]

That reminds me. I must report this example of fly tipping.

At least they left a clue at the scene of the crime....

 

[Dogtrousers]

MOT runs out next week (16th). It's still taxed though.

 

[Profpointy]

MOT runs out next week (16th). It's still taxed though.

I dare say those dumping it may not have owned it

 

[BoldonLad]

That's all very well when it comes to having it removed. But it doesn't stop the problem of the lazy nobbers dropping it in the first place. There's no real answer to that problem as you can't expect to have Police or cameras everywhere. You shouldn't HAVE to. You have to rely on people having the right thought process, and that is never going to happen.

I agree, you shouldn't have to, but....

I regularly report fly-tipping if I notice it on my cycle rides and/or walks around the area I live.

The Council are good at clearing it up, but, of course they shouldn't have to...

A bonus last week, got an Email from Council, telling me they had actually caught, and prosecuted a fly-tipper for dumping rubbish in a particular small road, which is a favourite spot for the morons who do this.

 

[Profpointy]

What is even more upsetting, to me at least, is you go hillwalking in some remote spot in the Highlands, perhaps a bothy 10 miles from the road and a bunch of see-you-next-tuesdays have left bags of rubbish. Only proper mountaineers could even get there ffs!

I've said this before, and I'm not actually joking, but I'd make anyone caught littering be forced eat the rubbish they'd dropped. OK enforcement might be an issue but it wouldn't take many people having to eat emtpy coke tins, never mind an old sofa would certainly discourage others

 

[Venod]

I see it all the time, round here, I have reported fly tipping several times, but that just means somebody cleans it up for the inconsiderate morons who dumped it.
Some go to a lot of trouble to dump stuff, it would be far easier to take it to the official dump in a lot of cases.

 

[Brandane]

MOT runs out next week (16th). It's still taxed though.

I predict it's going to fail due to missing parts from the front end....