Do you litter?

aoife000 · 21-03-2008 12:36AM

Dudess wrote: »

Raspberry's a laydeh... (apparently).

loll.... don't know why i assumed (s)he was a man!

and ya to whoever mentioned it, lucy kennedy got fined for it..

Wertz · 21-03-2008 12:37AM

No.

BTW I'd just like to say that when I did smoke cigarettes, on the occasion it was in the street and there was no ashtray in the immeadiate area, I too threw it on the ground.
It's one thing putting your papers or whatever in your pocket till you find a bin but a butt end you've just stubbed out? F*ck that. It's only really been since the smoking ban came in that outdoor ashtrays have become common
Besides the paper pulp in the filter tip breaks down pretty quickly. People throw a lot worse away every day, we plough half our sh*t into landfill and no-one blinks an eye...but god forbid you drop something on the street. Littering is fine seemingly, once you pay someone to do it for you and they then bury it in a field...

Hennessy · 21-03-2008 12:38AM

Dudess wrote: »

Raspberry's a laydeh... (apparently).

you come across jealous?

WoollyRedHat · 21-03-2008 12:40AM

Raspberry wrote: »

Some mad tree hugging hippy had a go at me today because I dropped my cigarette on the ground when I was done with it. As you do. She told me to pick it up amidst a tonne of abuse and she told me to put it in the bin, which was way way up the street. I kind of laughed at her and walked away. The sad bitch she was, she actually picked it up off the ground and walked up the street and put it in the bin. What I did is common practice and here she is telling me off as if it's me who's the weirdo.

What the hell is this world coming to?

Put it this way, if everyone littered we would be swimming with litter.

Keep the place tidy, it looks nicer and should be taught as common practice.

Dudess · 21-03-2008 12:44AM

Hennessy wrote: »

you come across jealous?

Um... yeah...

rubadub · 21-03-2008 12:45AM

sidneykidney wrote: »

I hate people that litter,i am a smoker and i dont litter.

Ever tip ash on the street? Do it on your carpet at home? (I have BTW, both!)

http://www.achtanna.ie/print/zza12y1997.1.html#zza12y1997s3

"litter" means a substance or object, whether or not intended as waste (other than waste within the meaning of the Waste Management Act, 1996 , which is properly consigned for disposal) that, when deposited in a place other than a litter receptacle or other place lawfully designated for the deposit, is or is likely to become unsightly, deleterious, nauseous or unsanitary, whether by itself or with any other such substance or object, and regardless of its size or volume or the extent of the deposit;

Killaqueen!!! · 21-03-2008 12:46AM

No.

The-Rigger wrote: »

You fail at polls, for various reasons.

Name more than one.

I don't know why everyones going crazy over the OP. I do think it's a bit stupid that she doesn't realise the problem, but it's not like everybody here has never littered. I don't go out of my way to littler, I usually just stuff it in my pocket/bag. I don't smoke so thats not a problem either. But I have littered - mostly cans/bottles etc. because I didn't want to get caught drinking..

sidneykidney · 21-03-2008 12:47AM

Does'nt ash disintegrate(spelling) into nothingness

Raspberry · 21-03-2008 12:48AM

No.

rubadub wrote: »

Ever tip ash on the street? Do it on your carpet at home? (I have BTW, both!)

http://www.achtanna.ie/print/zza12y1997.1.html#zza12y1997s3

Reading that I guess I'd better tear up my sweet wrappers in to tiny little bits before I throw them on the ground next time. Don't want to get fined.

Wertz · 21-03-2008 12:49AM

No.

sidneykidney wrote: »

Does'nt ash disintegrate(spelling) into nothingness

Doesn't everything over a long enough period?

artanevilla · 21-03-2008 12:49AM

No.

I don't most of the time, but I think most people do litter at some stage.

sidneykidney · 21-03-2008 12:51AM

Wertz wrote: »

Doesn't everything over a long enough period?

True but ash a hell of a lot quicker than say chewing gum or beer cans for example

Dudess · 21-03-2008 12:53AM

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

I don't know why everyones going crazy over the OP.

Cos she has a knack for pissing people off.

I predict she'll go to ludicrous extremes to defend all littering - not just dropping fag butts. If/when she does, do not feed her, people!

KamiKazi · 21-03-2008 12:57AM

No.

Why even bother replying to the OP? She's clearly a troll...

WoollyRedHat · 21-03-2008 12:57AM

Litter and you have this woman to deal with:

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Mossy Monk · 21-03-2008 12:59AM

No.

I litter all the time.

Wertz · 21-03-2008 12:59AM

No.

sidneykidney wrote: »

True but ash a hell of a lot quicker than say chewing gum or beer cans for example

Yeah sorry you're right, I was being facetious.
I don't litter as a rule, but something like an apple core or other food item I have no problem dumping if I'm not near a bin...some bird will have snatched it and made use of it in a pretty short space of time. So I don't consider small food items or cigarette butts as being litter...papers/cans/plastics/bottles and larger waste food items, anyone dropping them deserves the fine and the social rebuke.

Dudess · 21-03-2008 01:01AM

Yeah apple cores, orange peel etc are biodegradable but I'd be afraid they'd draw vermin.

jspruit · 21-03-2008 01:01AM

It doesn't really seem like cigarette butts really are biodegradable, although there isn't any hard science available....

http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/cigbuttbiodegradable.htm

"Most cigarette filters are composed of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic. The white fibers you see in a cigarette filter are NOT cotton, but a plastic that can persist in the environment as long as other forms of plastic."

Dudess · 21-03-2008 01:03AM

Yeah I don't see how ciggie butts could be biodegradable considering they're made from a synthetic substance.

Raspberry · 21-03-2008 01:05AM

No.

I read somewhere that birds use cigarette butts in building nests and stuff. I think you're all over reacting anyway.

sidneykidney · 21-03-2008 01:06AM

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah I don't see how ciggie butts could be biodegradable considering they're made from a synthetic substance.

Hence why i dispose of them in the top of the council bins and if theres one not close by every second or third premises has a wall mounted ashtray.So there really is no excuse for throwing butts on the ground IMHO

Talliesin · 21-03-2008 01:07AM

Raspberry wrote: »

What I did is common practice and here she is telling me off as if it's me who's the weirdo.

It's not actually common practice.

If you only know scumbags, you could suffer from false consensus effect that makes you believe that you are more normal in wallowing in your own filth like an traumatised animal than you in fact are.

sidneykidney · 21-03-2008 01:08AM

Raspberry wrote: »

I read somewhere that birds use cigarette butts in building nests and stuff. I think you're all over reacting anyway.

Its not overreaction its called discussion. A concept you might not understand seeing as most of what you post is trolling:rolleyes:

Wertz · 21-03-2008 01:10AM

No.

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah apple cores etc are biodegradable but I'd be afraid they'd draw vermin.

It depends what you consider vermin...I know plenty of people consider pigeons "vermin" (yes I know vermin is rodents technically) or maybe seagulls of crows/jackdaws.
They're all animals to me...whilst I don't particlarly like rats or mice, who am I to determine whether or not they shall feed? Besides, vermin prefer bins and the like where there is a steady supply of food...birds tend to be more opportunistic.
Whilst at work eating lunch outside, I've yet to see any animal other than a bird happen along and help itself to the remains of my sambos and I've yet to see anything worth eating remain on the ground for longer than a quarter hour.
I'm not saying "hey, lets dump our spoiled food in the street for all god's creatures", just that I don't consider it as much of a litter problem as stuff that doesn't break down so easily or get eaten...

[edit] Cellulose acetate is biodegradeable.
It's merely a treated form of woodpulp. Less scaremongering please.

rubadub · 21-03-2008 01:11AM

sidneykidney wrote: »

Does'nt ash disintegrate(spelling) into nothingness

I don't think so, I think ash is pretty much the last thing it does become, can't degrade or become any more spent.

The law said "regardless of its size or volume or the extent of the deposit"- if you went out with a bag of your coal ash, or BBQ ash, or collected your workplaces cig ash and dumped it infront of a litter warden I expect they would say something. And if you called his mother a whore and tipped a tiny bit of ash he would probably do you to.

RacoonQueen · 21-03-2008 01:13AM

When I was a kid, if I'd been eating an ice cream or a bag of crisps and my wrapper 'disappeared' as soon as my mam noticed it was gone she'd ask where it was and make me go back and pick it up, now I give out to her for throwing her cancer sticks out the car window. :rolleyes:

Dudess · 21-03-2008 01:14AM

Wertz wrote: »

I know vermin is rodents technically

That's what I mean.

Whilst at work eating lunch outside, I've yet to see any animal other than a bird happen along and help itself to the remains of my sambos and I've yet to see anything worth eating remain on the ground for longer than a quarter hour.

Well rats and mice tend to wait til there's nobody around. I'd prefer to minimise the amount of food left lying around because rats - and pigeons too - are disease bags. Mice ain't the cleanest either...

sidneykidney · 21-03-2008 01:17AM

Slightly off topic,but would you confront someone you saw littering on the street?

RacoonQueen · 21-03-2008 01:17AM

sidneykidney wrote: »

Its not overreaction its called discussion. A concept you might not understand seeing as most of what you post is trolling:rolleyes:

To be fair it's a good discussion. So kudos to the silly little girl, up too late on her school holidays for starting a good discussion, shame she's incapable of having a discussion.

Do you litter?

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