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Littering during running events

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    #62
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users Posts: 18,097 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    lawred2 wrote: »
    could just tell people to stop acting like scumbags and look after their own waste.

    Sure, just tell people not to do it. That always works.


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    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,064 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Excuse. Where there's a will there's a way

    Yes, it is an excuse. But if you want to get 10,000 half empty bottles of water into bins then you provide more bins over a longer area rather than threaten runners with a DQ for not queuing up at the one bin they bothered to place 50m after handing out the bottles.


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    #64
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    robinph wrote: »
    Yes, it is an excuse. But if you want to get 10,000 half empty bottles of water into bins then you provide more bins over a longer area rather than threaten runners with a DQ for not queuing up at the one bin they bothered to place 50m after handing out the bottles.

    I don't know about you, but I've never had a problem finding a bin in any running event, be it a local 1/2 marathon or the DCM. But maybe I just want to find a bin more than I want to find an excuse.


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    Limpy
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    Imagine Kipchogie and Bekele are neck and neck in the Greta Thunburg Marathon, Kipchogie makes a move with 5k to go, the world record is about go by 20 seconds, kipchogie takes his last Maurten Gel and throws away his wrapper, an eagle eyed steward from boards.ie records his number and reports him. He is disqualified and Bekele takes the Win. Well done steward, that will teach him.


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    #66
    plodder
    Registered Users Posts: 7,128 ✭✭✭plodder


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    Sure, just tell people not to do it. That always works.
    It's the usual starting point though. Or at least tell them what they should be doing.


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    #67
    The Davestator
    Registered Users Posts: 3,395 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    Limpy wrote: »
    Imagine Kipchogie and Bekele are neck and neck in the Greta Thunburg Marathon, Kipchogie makes a move with 5k to go, the world record is about go by 20 seconds, kipchogie takes his last Maurten Gel and throws away his wrapper, an eagle eyed steward from boards.ie records his number and reports him. He is disqualified and Bekele takes the Win. Well done steward, that will teach him.

    The Greta Thunburg marathon:D:D:D:D


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