This one is a praise from me.

SteveJW

If I'm on my bicycle or walking the dog i always make a point of stopping and saying thank you

Had some interesting conversations

Thanks to all who pick litter

lincroft1710

Thumbs_Up said:

So, let me ask this question – How do you educate people not to drop litter?

Why not try TV ads?


But of course you don't watch ads and if there are many like you they wouldn't see the ads.


I know you will argue that TV ads don't work and they didn't!! There were TV ads from the 1950s to at least the 1970s, but people still drop litter.


I was brought up not to drop litter, parentally (by example) and by the schools I attended. So if these forms of education are lacking, then it's going to be an uphill struggle.

Thumbs_Up

You got the answer eventually didn’t you.

lincroft1710 said:

Why not try TV ads?

Could do.

lincroft1710 said:

I know you will argue that TV ads don't work and they didn't!! There were TV ads from the 1950s to at least the 1970s, but people still drop litter.

So a waste of money.

lincroft1710 said:

I was brought up not to drop litter, parentally

Bingo !

lincroft1710

Thumbs_Up said:

You got the answer eventually didn’t you.

lincroft1710 said:

Why not try TV ads?

Could do.

lincroft1710 said:

I know you will argue that TV ads don't work and they didn't!! There were TV ads from the 1950s to at least the 1970s, but people still drop litter.

So a waste of money.

lincroft1710 said:

I was brought up not to drop litter, parentally

Bingo !

But if the parents hadn't been brought up not to drop litter?

Manxman_in_exile

baser999 said:

... And don’t get me started on those little helium capsules . . .

What exactly are those "little helium capsules"?  (If that's what they are... !)

I'd never seen them before a couple of years ago and now they're everywhere.

MalMonroe

Thumbs_Up said:

So, let me ask this question – How do you educate people not to drop litter?

That's a good question. But don't people learn by example? My parents never dropped litter and it wasn't ever a big deal, we just always took our litter home with us whenever we had any. Stuffed in our pockets, mostly, although we never seemed to have much.

We also had projects at school about it, made posters etc., and my daughter also had the same thing when she was at school. The message gets through to some people so why not everyone?  

Some people just don't seem to care. I've seen adults come out of shops and throw wrappers on the floor - any children they have with them obviously think that's acceptable. Learning by example to make a mess.

Maybe schools could do some training again. We could ask Liz Truss about it?     (Sorry I don't mean to sound facetious but the government could maybe help and she is the newest broom. Pun intended.)

MovingForwards

Manxman_in_exile said:

baser999 said:

... And don’t get me started on those little helium capsules . . .

What exactly are those "little helium capsules"?  (If that's what they are... !)

I'd never seen them before a couple of years ago and now they're everywhere.

For cycle tyres, apparently some people use them for other things.

mjm3346

Thumbs_Up said:

 A gran and two very young children were going around picking up litter near where I live. I was a bit shy to congratulate them. Do you see this in your part of the world?

No, but then in this (rural) area there is not enough litter to keep anyone busy

TripleH

Manxman_in_exile said:

baser999 said:

... And don’t get me started on those little helium capsules . . .

What exactly are those "little helium capsules"?  (If that's what they are... !)

I'd never seen them before a couple of years ago and now they're everywhere.

You inhale the contents of the canister to deplete your body of vitamin B12 so you feel tired and lethargic because its fun(?)

The only consolation (hopefully) is that the canister is recyclable.