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Banana skins litter?

  • 30-09-2013 04:41PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42


    Just wondering what the etiquetee is with regard to throwing banana skins into a field when cyclling in the country. Is this considered to be littering?

    I'm not talking about throwing them on the side of a road or in a build up area/housing estate.

    Thanks


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,527 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Con41 wrote: »
    Just wondering what the etiquetee is with regard to throwing banana skins into a field when cyclling in the country. Is this considered to be littering?

    I'm not talking about throwing them on the side of a road or in a build up area/housing estate.

    Thanks

    It kind of splits opinion. I think it's fine and I've never seen anyone say anything about me/other people chucking them into ditches or whatever, but some people on here do have a problem with it.

    There's various stats out there that say how long banana skins take to decompose, but you know what they say about statistics.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭Mugser


    Not at all. They'll de-compose pretty quickly.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    Before someone comes with the eight year to decompose, that was done on a frozen mountain. It will take longer in winter than in summer to decompose.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    I've never considered it littering, they're usually half decomposed before they leave my fruit bowl.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,479 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    As long as you dont throw it where someone is likely to step/cycle/etc on it no issues here.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 710 ✭✭✭QueensGael


    If it didn't grow there, don't throw it there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    maybe up north they take a dimmer view of throwing degradable items "over the hedge"

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19846121

    as far as I'm concerned its still littering - would you throw a banana skin to rest against a building wall if you were in the city centre ? what about when you are not cycling - is it ok to throw a banana skin away then ???

    its biodegradable ? ..is it not ???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭buffalo


    It kind of splits opinion.

    Banana split opinion? :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 939 ✭✭✭wildefalcon


    Having had to explain to a 3 year old why he couldn't throw his apple juice carton away, when his mother said it was ok to throw an apple butt away, I now believe that if you don't own the place, don't leave your discards there.

    Much simpler.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,479 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Corkbah wrote: »
    maybe up north they take a dimmer view of throwing degradable items "over the hedge"

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19846121

    as far as I'm concerned its still littering - would you throw a banana skin to rest against a building wall if you were in the city centre ? what about when you are not cycling - is it ok to throw a banana skin away then ???

    its biodegradable ? ..is it not ???

    I throw them away all the time, just like apple butts, pears, etc.
    I will always putt it somewhere that will not inconvenience anyone else. If that means in a hedge or up a tree, so be it.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    Having had to explain to a 3 year old why he couldn't throw his apple juice carton away, when his mother said it was ok to throw an apple butt away, I now believe that if you don't own the place, don't leave your discards there.

    Much simpler.

    As a farmer I'm fit to shoot anyone littering along road edge.

    Have no issue with cyclist/pedestrian throwing banana skin or apple core in over ditch


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Probably no harm to take a sandwich bag on spins for all cycling rubbish and deal with it when you get home.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    GreeBo wrote: »
    I throw them away all the time, just like apple butts, pears, etc.
    I will always putt it somewhere that will not inconvenience anyone else. If that means in a hedge or up a tree, so be it.

    and you can do what you want in your own life - I'm not going to judge you for it.

    the OP asked for opinions on throwing them - I gave mine - I consider it littering and a court in Co. Down has agreed with my opinion. (doesn't mean its morally or ethically right)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    As an aside. Just back from Sicily, naturally beautiful island lovely rolling countryside.
    They don't care about litter though. Section of countryside absolutely filthy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    I would have said any fruit waste can go into any ditch, field etc, they're gone pretty quickly, I'd follow this whether on the bike or not


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,527 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    I live out in the country and take no issue with people throwing fruit debris into our hedge/ditch, where it can't be seen/stepped on and will promptly be gobbled by some insects and such.

    Bar/gel wrappers, I take serious issue with them being thrown away, different story entirely. Have cleaned up after races before and will do again, not much fun.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,239 ✭✭✭scotchy


    ford2600 wrote: »
    As an aside. Just back from Sicily, naturally beautiful island lovely rolling countryside.
    They don't care about litter though. Section of countryside absolutely filthy

    Was there last year. My most abiding memory is the amount of litter and how casually people throw it on the street.

    Was also on mount Vesuvius and saw a uniformed park ranger throw an empty cigarette pack out the window of his Jeep onto the path to the top of the volcano.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭fondriest


    I will sometimes throw a banana skin into a field or hedge but ALL gel/bar wrappers go back in my pocket . I'm amazed at how many people still dump wrappers in the middle of the road during a race or sportive .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    Any natural foodstuff will either be eaten by rats or another of Gods great creatures long before it decompses.

    On a sportive over Mt. Leinster during the summer I was behind a cyclist who had grabbed a bottle of water of a volunteer and a few seconds later threw it into a gateway.
    I mean its an effing sportive not the Tour. Grow the fook up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭wotdef


    Once you're finished with it, it becomes waste. When you drop your waste on public or someone else's property it is littering. You're able to bring the stuff out with you, so Bring your crap home and stop expecting other people to clean up after you. When you spend the day cleaning up after lazy toe rags that ONLY dropped one thing then maybe you would think differently.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,527 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    wotdef wrote: »
    Once you're finished with it, it becomes waste. When you drop your waste on public or someone else's property it is littering. You're able to bring the stuff out with you, so Bring your crap home and stop expecting other people to clean up after you. When you spend the day cleaning up after lazy toe rags that ONLY dropped one thing then maybe you would think differently.

    Why clean up a banana skin in a hedgerow? It will be invisible within a day, if it can be seen at all, it poses no danger or contamination to wildlife, will probably be eaten by some animal happy to do so.

    Fruit gets dropped naturally into hedgerows, what does it matter if a person put it there rather than it falling off a tree?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭Swamp3


    I wouldn't chuck it out the car window, I wouldn't throw it away if I was out walking, so I stick it back in my pocket and put it in the nearest bin when I'm out for a cycle.
    I did the Marmotte this year and the littering was shocking....most of it done within 20 metres of large bins.
    As for people out racing, I'm sure every bit of weight counts, so they'll dump it as they eat it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭nerraw1111


    Discarded orange peels/banana skins at beauty spots still look as bad as wrappers. It doesn't belong there and it looks awful, spoiling the area.

    Can't see why people can't bring their peels with them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭wotdef


    Why clean up a banana skin in a hedgerow? It will be invisible within a day, if it can be seen at all, it poses no danger or contamination to wildlife, will probably be eaten by some animal happy to do so.

    Fruit gets dropped naturally into hedgerows, what does it matter if a person put it there rather than it falling off a tree?
    If you feel that it somehow becomes invisible, does that mean we can all dump rubbish and as soon as we turn away it becomes invisible as well. As for animals eating banana skins, I have seen banana skins sitting at the edge of a roundabout for a year and no bird or animal ate them. Littering is littering.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    wotdef wrote: »
    I have seen banana skins sitting at the edge of a roundabout for a year and no bird or animal ate them.
    Jaysus that is some banana skin. Genetic engineering gone horribly wrong.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,741 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    If you can throw them in Mario Kart, then it's fair game.

    Same applies to turtle shells.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    You can smoke banana skins. Don't throw them away ffs.


  • Posts: 534 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A banana skin in the bottom of a ditch out of sight is no harm at all. Hanging them out of trees or dropping them on the road however is a different story


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    No matter what way one justifies or excuses it, it's littering.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,479 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    el tel wrote: »
    No matter what way one justifies or excuses it, it's littering.

    Other than the fact that they are naturally occurring, as opposed to say a gel wrapper?


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