Questions tagged [litter]
Questions referring to litter.
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Can I use a trail camera to identify a roadside litterer?
The roadside in our semi-rural area is relatively litter free. With very few exceptions, it can be easily picked up with one hand, and is not gross.
But one litterer is getting to me. He (or she) ...
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What is an effective technique for plogging?
See this article on plogging, from the Washington Post Swedish Fitness Craze Coming to the US
(March 06, 2018):
Have you recently spotted people toting trash bags while jogging? Or
their hands ...
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What to do when finding huge pieces of trash?
When I'm out in the woods I often find huge pieces, like for example a car tire or even something bigger, or huge piles of trash. Of course I can't take that with me on my hike to bring it out.
What ...
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What can I do to discourage people from littering in the back country?
There are few feelings worse than hiking deep into an area that should be pristine and finding garbage. What are some steps that I could take to help prevent or lessen this?
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Where does uncommon litter come from?
On my last tour I've found a lot of litter in the woods again. While I do my best to get things out, I was not able to take an old oil barrel and a care tire with me =). However, these two items made ...
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What's the problem with burying toilet paper?
In the backcountry, we should bury solid human waste (i.e. poop), and we are told to carry out toilet paper. According to this answer on tissues, for some kinds of waste the ecological impact is ...
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Leave-no-trace-exception for tissues?
I'm absolutely harsh when it comes to littering in the woods. After a break I take an extra turn to check if everything was picked up. Someone accidentally left a tissue on the last tour and I put it ...
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From the point of view of wildlife, what is the most dangerous component of roadside litter?
As my other litter question stated, I live on a semi-rural road, and about twice a year pick up litter from the verge. Others pick up litter too, but there are swathes of floodplain land, ...
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Is there any evidence, one way or the other, that "Adopt a Highway" programs reduce littering?
My husband and I have just spent 3 person-hours picking up litter along a one mile plus stretch of quasi-rural road, both sides. We have been doing this twice a year for a long, long time, but things ...
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