People dumping masks, gloves etc. in public

griffdaddy

I'm surprised at how people are being so callous about dumping their surgical gloves and facemasks on the ground in public. It's fcking disgusting, not to mention dangerous. The dog ate a torn up surgical glove in the park on Saturday, but luckily 'passed' it on Sunday so we didn't have to go to the vet. The carpark of Aldi in Terenure yesterday was strewn with used masks and surgical gloves. No one should have to see that, nevermind clean it up. Talk about being a selfish prck to leave something like that lying around. They should bring in a separate offence for non-proper disposal of medical waste. I'm sure one exists at commercial level but probably not at personal level.

darlett

Its bizarre. I'm living and exercising in Balbriggan town and its surrounds, and after noticing so much discarded gloves, I decided to go on a little project and photo the ones I would see and post up a humorous though moral filled 'lost and found'. I must have taken about 30 pics of roadside gloves over a couple of days, blue ones, black ones, clear ones, orange ones. Didnt post it in the end cos I can see I was the one who is bizarre at a time that everyone is worried to the gills, and I should kinda get over it for now.

Buuuut. Sweaty used inside out rubber gloves are rank. And that's without knowing what the person was handling that they felt they should protect themselves. Bin them. If people are not trained enough to know that they should bin them, I doubt they are trained enough to remove them without contaminating themselves. Just wash your hands folks.

fryup

the irish & litter, somethings never change

odyssey06

People shouldn't be doing that, I use a vegetable plastic bag for storing rubbish.

Some people just dont give a ****, but I wonder if supermarkets need to pro-active in providing more bins etc.
There's no bins in my local LIDL, and the bin for ALDI is two stories away from the car park.

kravmaga

This is the low life litter brigade that throw plastic bottles out of their cars onto the side of the road and their fast food wrappers/ boxes on the ground outside
Mc Donald's, KFC establishments after they have stuffed themselves to the gills with processed foods.

Doesn't surprise me in the least , this low life behaviour is passed by a lack of parenting and lack of respect for the environment , fcuk you I'm alright jack types.

ah sure the council street cleaners will clean it up, sure isn't that what their paid for, piss poor mentality with these litter bugs.

Ive observed idiots like this empty the contents of their ashtrays from their car onto the ground at service stations at the service areas for water and air.

Absolute bottom of the barrel , pond life scum imo.

Nollog

odyssey06 wrote: »

People shouldn't be doing that, I use a vegetable plastic bag for storing rubbish.

Some people just dont give a ****, but I wonder if supermarkets need to pro-active in providing more bins etc.
There's no bins in my local LIDL, and the bin for ALDI is two stories away from the car park.

Lidl have bins outside the door and after the checkouts at every one I've been in, they also have recycling bins now after the checkouts.
Tesco have tiny bins for receipts at the self checkouts usually, but nothing else.
Aldi have the big round bins after checkouts and outside the door like Lidl.
Strange yours isn't similar to the stores I've been in, maybe have a word with the manager.

Away With The Fairies

The whole point of distancing is to stop the spread of the disease. But how do people think it's ok to discard their used/contaminated gloves and masks and let someone else deal with it. It's disgusting behaviour.

bronkobilly

griffdaddy wrote: »

I'm surprised at how people are being so callous about dumping their surgical gloves and facemasks on the ground in public. It's fcking disgusting, not to mention dangerous. The dog ate a torn up surgical glove in the park on Saturday, but luckily 'passed' it on Sunday so we didn't have to go to the vet. The carpark of Aldi in Terenure yesterday was strewn with used masks and surgical gloves. No one should have to see that, nevermind clean it up. Talk about being a selfish prck to leave something like that lying around. They should bring in a separate offence for non-proper disposal of medical waste. I'm sure one exists at commercial level but probably not at personal level.

thats terrible and in terenure as well i say its happening a lot at any supermarkets not only terenure on the way to aldi belgarde rd i hope there.s no gloves every were in the car park

the_syco

I wonder if the shops took away the external bins due to people putting their domestic waste into them? Have seen a auld wans do this in Tescos Maynooth.

Guy:Incognito

odyssey06 wrote: »

People shouldn't be doing that, I use a vegetable plastic bag for storing rubbish.

Some people just dont give a ****, but I wonder if supermarkets need to pro-active in providing more bins etc.
There's no bins in my local LIDL, and the bin for ALDI is two stories away from the car park.

If every public bin in the country was done away with, theres still no excuse for littering. It's a scumbags thing to do. People have pockets they could put it in. If they've been shopping then they're managing to carry the shopping so the weight of gloves/a mask/ general litter isn't going to make a difference.
Some people are scumbags. That wasn't going to change with these current circumstances.

dublinbando

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

The whole point of distancing is to stop the spread of the disease. But how do people think it's ok to discard their used/contaminated gloves and masks and let someone else deal with it. It's disgusting behaviour.

They are selfish for wearing surgical masks in the first place, it's so THEY don't get infected by others. There are so many asshats in this Country I am amazed we still exist (for now anyway).

yes I noticed this a lot lately, lots of people turfing them out the car window etc.
I agree, it's a certain class of person that does that, or lack thereof.

barrymanilow

Any one have any idea how long a virus would last on a pair of disposable gloves ? they are hard enough come by so I hope to leave the pairs I use a few days in the sun and the re use them or sterilize the outsides with a dettol mist spray or uv light

Thelonious Monk

I've noticed the grey tracksuit bottom brigade have been wearing rubber gloves while walking around and going to shops etc, I've also seen gloves fecked around the place where they congregate near me.
Quelle surprise all the same, I'm lucky enough to live 1.1km to St Anne's Park in Dublin (I measured the distance on Strava yesterday!) so I'm able to go for my walks there, but the place has plastic bottles everywhere and other rubbish.
In true Eamon Ryan style I've been bringing a bag with me and picking up bottles etc on the way back out of the park, pretty pointless against the tide of plastic and rubbish we produce, but at least it gives me something to do. I draw the line at picking up discarded gloves and masks though.
Anyway I'm off to plant some rocket in the porch.

Little rossie

I was down in UCD Belfield for a run and there were blue plastic gloves strewn all around the campus. Disgusting behaviour by selfish people. There are lots of litter bins that they could have thrown them in. Who do they think are going to pick them up?