I just returned from an hour's litter picking along 1.3 km of roadside in my local area. It's a mix of good news and bad news. I managed to do each side of the road in 50 minutes but I am leaving all paper products, heavy items and I don't scramble in and out of ditches any longer. I am feeling my age!! Two and three years ago I know that it took me a couple of hours to complete that much of the road so the amount of litter is perhaps less. The most encouraging thing is that I think I only picked up ONE styrofoam container. But there's still tons of paper drink containers with their vile plastic lids. Let me vote for a party who bans the use of "take out drink containers". I don't think it would take long to convert people to "carry your own container" if there was no other choice.
I've been cleaning up cans on this stretch of road for the past several years. I get started just after the snow leaves. It was just as plentiful this year as any other. In fact, it may even be worse. I've converted Dave into becoming a "can picker" and I am dismayed to say that he picked up 140 cans on 2 sides of the highway over a 2.5 km stretch. Litter bug, Litter bug, shame on you!
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