Littering ==) Picking up garbage

I agree with Frank. The more garbage left lying around the more people get the idea that it's ok to
"leave it lying around" and to litter in the first place. By picking up the garbage of others I
believe also strengthens the rule in society that it's NOT OK to litter. Which ultimately leads to
less littering. Of course there will always be those who don't follow societies rules and will
litter anyway. That's why as a Scout leader I (as do all leaders I know of) teach the youth to
"leave it cleaner than you find it."

One other thing I notice today, compared to say 50 years ago, there is one hell of a lot more
"garbage" to throw away making the whole problem much bigger. So much of what we use today is over
packaged and disposable when we are done with the product itself. While very few products are made
to last a lifetime.

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I've never littered and consider those who do disposable sociopaths, but I consider picking up
someone else's trash an enabling activity so I can't bring myself to do it. Get rid of the
litterbugs, not the litter.

The problem lies in the sad fact that if it doesn't get picked up, the trails just get uglier
and uglier. Most parks have a bi-yearly cleanup

day,

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and besides that, cleanup is done by a park ranger, who is highly educated and should be best used
doing other things, or another park employee, who

is

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not doing what he was hired for. In the current climate of a bottomed-out, barely-recovering
economy, there are no spare employees for picking up trash. If we don't do it, it might not get
done for months. If people see lots of litter they'll think it's OK to just pitch stuff. If they
see a clean trail, only the jerks

will

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litter.

your not alone canuck scouter, when family camping as a wee lad when our parrents were packing up
the camper we kids were put to work picking up any liter weather or not it was ours. To this day the
last thing I do is to tidy up. its one tiny thing to make the world a better place . "canuck
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I agree with Frank. The more garbage left lying around the more people get the idea that it's ok
to "leave it lying around" and to litter in the

first

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place. By picking up the garbage of others I believe also strengthens the rule in society that
it's NOT OK to litter. Which ultimately leads to less littering. Of course there will always be
those who don't follow societies rules and will litter anyway. That's why as a Scout leader I (as
do all leaders I know of) teach the youth to "leave it cleaner than you find it."

One other thing I notice today, compared to say 50 years ago, there is one hell of a lot more
"garbage" to throw away making the whole problem much bigger. So much of what we use today is over
packaged and disposable when

we

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are done with the product itself. While very few products are made to last

a

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lifetime.

"Frank Looper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"David Wood" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I've never littered and consider those who do disposable sociopaths, but I consider picking up
someone else's trash an enabling activity so I can't bring myself to do it. Get rid of the
litterbugs, not the litter.

The problem lies in the sad fact that if it doesn't get picked up,

the

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trails just get uglier and uglier. Most parks have a bi-yearly cleanup

day,

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and besides that, cleanup is done by a park ranger, who is highly

educated

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and should be best used doing other things, or another park employee,

who

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is

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not doing what he was hired for. In the current climate of a bottomed-out, barely-recovering
economy, there are no spare employees for picking up trash. If we don't do it, it might not get
done for months. If people see lots of litter they'll

think

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it's OK to just pitch stuff. If they see a clean trail, only the jerks

will

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litter.

Come on guys. I was just kidding. See my prior post (20) on this thread and don't forget to note the
:-] emoticon. By the way, how do you feel about the concept of counteracting global warming with
nuclear winter for a nice temperate year round climate? This is off topic so if you want to
seriously discuss it, start a new thread, otherwise, enjoy my wry sense of humor.