Cleaning up (part of) Captains Flat Rd 2015
I felt that I was spinning my wheels a bit this afternoon so it seemed sensible to clear things for the morrow by doing my clean up a day early. As usual I covered Captains Flat Rd from Widgiewa Rd down to Briars-Sharrow Rd (about 500 linear metres).
To a small extent I had already made a start a few days ago when a friend asked for old aluminium cans for use in an art work. I took about 15 undamaged ones to her.
Here are a few thoughts about today's collection.
The first image is to illustrate the point that not using plastic shopping bags doesn't necessarily make you environmentally aware. This bag was undamaged so has joined our collection at home.
I wasn't able to peel much of these balloon remnants off the sign.
It is sort of like the old bushwalking adage: if you can carry a full can or bottle into the bush, surely you can carry the empty one out. Why can't these folk come and take the balloons away after the party?
I am always interested to note the changes in branding of the throwaways. This year nearly all the beer bottles were Carlton Dry. They - about a slab worth - were spread fairly evenly.
For cans Red Bull had regained dominance. I think I only picked up one "Mother". (As an aside, after the pick up I watched a TV interview with on of the rev-heads from Red Bull car racing. A very arrogant person, typical of what one might expect from a company responsible for much litter.)
This was the worst area. It seems to be a gathering spot for trail bikers and I tend to put much fault on them.
Overall I picked up 3 sacks of pure rubbish and 2 of recycling. Perhaps a little more than usual. The good news is that there was very little around the school bus stop. Perhaps the kids took the hint when Palerang Shire cleaned that area up in late December? As I left a truckload of trail bikers turned up so if the area is cruddy tomorrow we'll know where it has come from!
No rubbish was at the bus stop the next morning. Here are a few snaps taken as I went to hand in my crud at the Community Hall:
I will conclude with a column by the Editor of Country Life UK.
To a small extent I had already made a start a few days ago when a friend asked for old aluminium cans for use in an art work. I took about 15 undamaged ones to her.
Here are a few thoughts about today's collection.
The first image is to illustrate the point that not using plastic shopping bags doesn't necessarily make you environmentally aware. This bag was undamaged so has joined our collection at home.
I am always interested to note the changes in branding of the throwaways. This year nearly all the beer bottles were Carlton Dry. They - about a slab worth - were spread fairly evenly.
No rubbish was at the bus stop the next morning. Here are a few snaps taken as I went to hand in my crud at the Community Hall:
Comments
There is nothing quite so discouraging as looking at one's neighborhood to describe the litter one sees. We really need a campaign to send litter back to the corporation that produced it. If we had better recycling policies I would hope fewer items would be dropped on the ground or in our neighborhood, into the ocean. We not only get the litter dropped in our area, we get loads of litter dropped at sea that drifts onto our beaches. Not at all a pretty site. Keep up the good work of reporting.
Martin
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Martin