Why can't foreign people put their beer cans into recycling bins?

zcorpian88 · 19-04-2015 10:40PM #1

Right I just want to rant about something that I'm seeing a lot of lately, I've seen this a couple of times and I've spotted it again last night while recycling some beer cans after a get together I was at.

Was on the way home and a stopped by a local supermarket where there are a load of containers for recycling, it was about 1am, I was approaching with a my bagpack of empty cans, when a guy in a left hand drive car with a Poland registration gets out of his car drops 2 knotted plastic bags full of odd named beer cans in front of the container and gets in his car and drives off.

I see this fairly frequently at recycling areas and drives me mad, and it's more often than not our Eastern European counterparts that do it, I seem to be there at the right time just as the f**ker is jumping in his car, if you're going to make the journey down with the beer cans, put the cans into the bin instead of dumping them there in front of it, they are their responsibility, not for someone else to pick up after you, the bins weren't even full.

Takes an Irishman to do a task properly so I put the cans in rather than attract vermin, the bag also contained some empty odd brand cigarette boxes and ashes and fag butts, was fairly rank and I tossed them into another bin nearby.

Probably coming across as a bit of a racist but I'm seeing it the whole time, what makes people so special where they don't have to put their own rubbish in the bin and the next best thing is dumping it in front of it? Do they believe in the rubbish fairy that picks up your dirt as soon as you half arse your drop off?

Anyone else see the same stuff out there? Hate when people half arse simple tasks.

osarusan · 19-04-2015 10:45PM

Where I live, bins are included in the rent so there are a number of communal dumpster bins - some for normal waste, some for recyclables. Glass not included as there's a bottle bank a two minute walk away.

Bins are full of all manner of crap. Bottles everywhere. Recyclable plastic in the normal waste bins. Cans in the normal waste bins. Dirty nappies in the recycling bins.

People couldn't give a f**k, just throw it wherever. Irish people, by and large, doing it.

Herb Powell · 19-04-2015 10:46PM

If you think this is the sole preserve of foreigners, you're deluded. Irish people are shocking in this regard.

somefeen · 19-04-2015 10:47PM

zcorpian88 wrote: »

Right I just want to rant about something that I'm seeing a lot of lately, I've seen this a couple of times and I've spotted it again last night while recycling some beer cans after a get together I was at.

Was on the way home and a stopped by a local supermarket where there are a load of containers for recycling, it was about 1am, I was approaching with a my bagpack of empty cans, when a guy in a left hand drive car with a Poland registration gets out of his car drops 2 knotted plastic bags full of odd named beer cans in front of the container and gets in his car and drives off.

I see this fairly frequently at recycling areas and drives me mad, and it's more often than not our Eastern European counterparts that do it, I seem to be there at the right time just as the f**ker is jumping in his car, if you're going to make the journey down with the beer cans, put the cans into the bin instead of dumping them there in front of it, they are their responsibility, not for someone else to pick up after you, the bins weren't even full.

Takes an Irishman to do a task properly so I put the cans in rather than attract vermin, the bag also contained some empty odd brand cigarette boxes and ashes and fag butts, was fairly rank and I tossed them into another bin nearby.

Probably coming across as a bit of a racist but I'm seeing it the whole time, what makes people so special where they don't have to put their own rubbish in the bin and the next best thing is dumping it in front of it? Do they believe in the rubbish fairy that picks up your dirt as soon as you half arse your drop off?

Anyone else see the same stuff out there? Hate when people half arse simple tasks.

.....Who are you?

Slicemeister · 19-04-2015 10:48PM

Is it foreign branded beer cans leading you this deduction Watson?

YellowSheep · 19-04-2015 10:50PM

OMG......I put white bottles into the green bottle bin. ðŸ˜ˆ

zcorpian88 · 19-04-2015 10:50PM

somefeen wrote: »

.....Who are you?

I know, I know....but it's an eyesore and it'll attract vermin, kids play nearby the area so I just put them in while somewhat drunkenly mumbling to myself.

Stojkovic · 19-04-2015 10:51PM

Slicemeister wrote: »

Is it foreign branded beer cans leading you this deduction Watson?

No.

He drove an Audi.

Polskis love their Audis.

Mint Aero · 19-04-2015 10:52PM

Irish people must be one of the best in the world at recycling imo. Normal joe soaps here like, not talking about your scummer types.

zcorpian88 · 19-04-2015 10:54PM

Slicemeister wrote: »

Is it foreign branded beer cans leading you this deduction Watson?

He had a left hand drive, Poland registered car, seen his plate, that and the foreign branded beer cans and cigarettes I took it he's not from here.

hfallada · 19-04-2015 10:56PM

Herb Powell wrote: »

If you think this is the sole preserve of foreigners, you're deluded. Irish people are shocking in this regard.

Go to Germany and the countryside is spotless. Their parks are always clean and the public transport isnt covered in banana peels like Dublin Bus. Germans clean up after themselves, which Irish rarely though. Irish peoples answer to it, is that its the councils/someones job to clean up after them. Germans dont eat on public transport and use bins. Irish people tend to dump anything, anywhere even if there is a bin beside them

An Ryanair air hostess told me Irish are dirtiest on the planes. She said you ask people for their rubbish at the end of the flight and its not uncommon for the Irish to throw their rubbish on the floor in front of you.

zcorpian88 · 19-04-2015 10:56PM

Stojkovic wrote: »

No.

He drove an Audi.

Polskis love their Audis.

IT ACTUALLY WAS AN AUDI AND ALL! haha was a bit of a rustbucket.

metrosity · 19-04-2015 10:57PM

zcorpian88 wrote: »

He had a left hand drive, Poland registered car, seen his plate, that and the foreign branded beer cans and cigarettes I took it he's not from here.

Careful now zscorpian. You'll be branded as a racist for showing any concern for your native people and their country (that they're being usurped from..)!

LionelNashe · 19-04-2015 10:57PM

zcorpian88 wrote: »

Right I just want to rant about something that I'm seeing a lot of lately, I've seen this a couple of times and I've spotted it again last night while recycling some beer cans after a get together I was at.

Was on the way home and a stopped by a local supermarket where there are a load of containers for recycling, it was about 1am, I was approaching with a my bagpack of empty cans, when a guy in a left hand drive car with a Poland registration gets out of his car drops 2 knotted plastic bags full of odd named beer cans in front of the container and gets in his car and drives off.

I see this fairly frequently at recycling areas and drives me mad, and it's more often than not our Eastern European counterparts that do it, I seem to be there at the right time just as the f**ker is jumping in his car, if you're going to make the journey down with the beer cans, put the cans into the bin instead of dumping them there in front of it, they are their responsibility, not for someone else to pick up after you, the bins weren't even full.

Takes an Irishman to do a task properly so I put the cans in rather than attract vermin, the bag also contained some empty odd brand cigarette boxes and ashes and fag butts, was fairly rank and I tossed them into another bin nearby.

Probably coming across as a bit of a racist but I'm seeing it the whole time, what makes people so special where they don't have to put their own rubbish in the bin and the next best thing is dumping it in front of it? Do they believe in the rubbish fairy that picks up your dirt as soon as you half arse your drop off?

Anyone else see the same stuff out there? Hate when people half arse simple tasks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Greenmachine · 19-04-2015 10:58PM

osarusan wrote: »

Where I live, bins are included in the rent so there are a number of communal dumpster bins - some for normal waste, some for recyclables. Glass not included as there's a bottle bank a two minute walk away.

Bins are full of all manner of crap. Bottles everywhere. Recyclable plastic in the normal waste bins. Cans in the normal waste bins. Dirty nappies in the recycling bins.

People couldn't give a f**k, just throw it wherever. Irish people, by and arge, doing it.

I have bins included in my rent, specifically mentioned in my lease, a big commercial dumpster. When I had my car I separated my recyclables and took them to the recycle boxes. Without the car it is not practical, so they just go in the normal trash. If I had a separate bin, I would still recycle.

Was reading something recently about dumped recyclable electronics in the uk, apparently there is £36 billion worth of recoverable gold, from incorrectly disposed of electronics in the UK. Bizarre that there isn't money in offering a doorstep service, for collecting said recyclables a leaflet drop in an area every 3-6 months announcing a pending collection. Householder could free text an opt in number, if they have something they would like collected.
Send a white man around to collect = profit, and a cleaner environment.

Streetwalker · 19-04-2015 11:01PM

Because they too busy eating swans.

Harry Palmr · 19-04-2015 11:01PM

Greenmachine wrote: »

Send a white man around to collect = profit, and a cleaner environment.

Racist!

Streetwalker · 19-04-2015 11:02PM

Mint Aero wrote: »

Irish people must be one of the best in the world at recycling imo. Normal joe soaps here like, not talking about your scummer types.

Yeah politicians be crap at recycling alright.

MathDebater · 19-04-2015 11:05PM

hfallada wrote: »

Go to Germany and the countryside is spotless. Their parks are always clean and the public transport isnt covered in banana peels like Dublin Bus. Germans clean up after themselves, which Irish rarely though. Irish peoples answer to it, is that its the councils/someones job to clean up after them. Germans dont eat on public transport and use bins. Irish people tend to dump anything, anywhere even if there is a bin beside them

Ever been to east Germany? It's a dump.

An Ryanair air hostess told me Irish are dirtiest on the planes. She said you ask people for their rubbish at the end of the flight and its not uncommon for the Irish to throw their rubbish on the floor in front of you.

Sure it's not, Ted.

mal1 · 19-04-2015 11:05PM

Similarly foreign dogs are always crapping all over the streets. I've yet to see an Irish settler sh1t in public.

Pinch Flat · 19-04-2015 11:12PM

Irish people are some of the mankiest on the planet. Go into our countryside and you'll see - or are all these fly tipping incidences by foreigners?

Massimo Cassagrande · 19-04-2015 11:21PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Irish people are some of the mankiest on the planet. Go into our countryside and you'll see - or are all these fly tipping incidences by foreigners?

You need to travel more. Seriously. Pop over to India or have a spin around Naples. You'll arrive back all new and refreshed.

Herb Powell · 19-04-2015 11:27PM

hfallada wrote: »

Go to Germany and the countryside is spotless. Their parks are always clean and the public transport isnt covered in banana peels like Dublin Bus. Germans clean up after themselves, which Irish rarely though. Irish peoples answer to it, is that its the councils/someones job to clean up after them. Germans dont eat on public transport and use bins. Irish people tend to dump anything, anywhere even if there is a bin beside them

An Ryanair air hostess told me Irish are dirtiest on the planes. She said you ask people for their rubbish at the end of the flight and its not uncommon for the Irish to throw their rubbish on the floor in front of you.

MathDebater wrote: »

Ever been to east Germany? It's a dump.

No it's not, I lived there and the difference between there and here is amazing. Of course you'll still find litter, but the sheer amount of it in Ireland is crazy. There really is no comparison. Even the places you might expect to bad, ie. universities are extremely tidy compared to those in Ireland. I was shocked for a while after coming back. The party spots in Berlin can get pretty dirty of course, but that comes with the territory, and I'd put good money on the most of that rubbish coming from non-Germans. Literally the only time I've seen worse littering than what you'd see on an average night out here was when they won the world cup.

Recycling is also important in Germany. You have to seperate your household rubbish, otherwise the house-owner (and eventually you, when they catch you flaking everything into the one bin!) is liable to be fined. Proper order imo.

I'm not trying to say the Germans are perfect or whatever, but hfallda is spot-on, they seem to get this right, whatever it is they're doing. The deposits on bottles and cans is definitely something that should be implemented everywhere, imo.

jam_mac_jam · 19-04-2015 11:31PM

hfallada wrote: »

Go to Germany and the countryside is spotless. Their parks are always clean and the public transport isnt covered in banana peels like Dublin Bus. Germans clean up after themselves, which Irish rarely though. Irish peoples answer to it, is that its the councils/someones job to clean up after them. Germans dont eat on public transport and use bins. Irish people tend to dump anything, anywhere even if there is a bin beside them

An Ryanair air hostess told me Irish are dirtiest on the planes. She said you ask people for their rubbish at the end of the flight and its not uncommon for the Irish to throw their rubbish on the floor in front of you.

Yes, I have been to Germany and the back of my friend's apartment building is full of broken glass as there is a club there and people seem to just **** glass on the ground. Plenty of Irish people clean up after themselves and recycle and I am sure there are one or two bad Germans in the whole country too.

I really don't understand this self hating Irish thing of everything in Germany is heaven and everything in Ireland is just ****. Oh yes one Ryanair hostess clearly proves beyond all doubt we are complete dirty pigs.

kneemos · 19-04-2015 11:38PM

Used to be a lad locally that made his living from picking up cans.
Quite a few years ago now,don't know what became of him but he didn't claim social or anything.
Done himself out of a job maybe.

Bit of a catch22 that I think of it.

Massimo Cassagrande · 19-04-2015 11:40PM

kneemos wrote: »

Used to be a lad locally that made his living from picking up cans.
Quite a few years ago now,don't know what became of him but he didn't claim social or anything.
Done himself out of a job maybe.

Bit of a catch22 that I think of it.

Monty Burns?

Luke92 · 19-04-2015 11:44PM

Its always the same in AH. Someging like this pops up and brings out the self hatred brigade!

Sure the Irish are the dirtiest people of the world. Never pick up after ourselves.

Everywhere and everyone else are much cleaner than us Irish. Dirty nomads we are.

Drag00n79 · 19-04-2015 11:45PM

OP, why didn't you say something to him instead of coming on here giving out about it?

Pinch Flat · 19-04-2015 11:49PM

Massimo Cassagrande wrote: »

You need to travel more. Seriously. Pop over to India or have a spin around Naples. You'll arrive back all new and refreshed.

How do you know where I have / haven't been? You don't need to travel that far to see filth - plenty of it on our own door step. Granted not on a scale of developing countries, but not far off in places.

We have a terrible attitude to our environment here. Local housing estate near me backs on to a park - the locals have taken to tipping their rubbish over the back wall into the park. The council try to keep up with it but it's a losing battle - rubbish and rats galore.

Watch the state of our beaches in good weather, no beauty spot is complete with out a dumped matrass or TV. The amount of coffee cups, plastic bottles, junk food wrappers and other detritus dumped from passing cars is everywhere. Our local park has a serious rat infestation back again - too much hassle obviously to use the few bins provided at the spar and chipper especially. So half eaten food and chicken bones becoming great for enticing the problem back.

Took a trip up the Conor Pass in Kerry last year - greeted by a black bin liner of ****ty nappys some scobe had dropped off there.

Next time your passing a canal in Dublin - have a look in. Or at low tide in the Liffey at Heuston especially.

Yeah travelled a bit and have to say were up there with the mankiest - certainly in the EU anyway

Herb Powell · 19-04-2015 11:50PM

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Yes, I have been to Germany and the back of my friend's apartment building is full of broken glass as there is a club there and people seem to just **** glass on the ground. Plenty of Irish people clean up after themselves and recycle and I am sure there are one or two bad Germans in the whole country too.

I really don't understand this self hating Irish thing of everything in Germany is heaven and everything in Ireland is just ****. Oh yes one Ryanair hostess clearly proves beyond all doubt we are complete dirty pigs.

It's not self-loathing though (I hate that nonsense, you'll see from my posts), it's an honest observation. Whatever it is about their practices, this one particular aspect of Germany is better than Ireland. Nowhere is perfect, but they are doing this right. It's ok to acknowledge this.

evolving_doors · 19-04-2015 11:54PM

YellowSheep wrote: »

OMG......I put white bottles into the green bottle bin. ðŸ˜ˆ

Your ok itll have no effect., itd be worse if you put the green into the white. Same as its ok to mix yer whites with colourds but not colourds with whites... btw thats laundry im talking about you racists.

Why can't foreign people put their beer cans into recycling bins?

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