It always amazes me how people just throw stuff out of their windows when they drive, be it cigarette butts, trash, cans, etc. I knew someone who actually had their backseat get caught on fire because some idiot threw out a cigarette!
Probably a result of the decline in smoking overall. It's becoming pretty rare in a lot of places to see people smoking cigarettes. A lot of people either quit or just switched to vaping.The cigarette butts were a problem that seems to be getting better, at least where I grew up.
When you get off the freeway about a mile from where my mom still lives there used to be a ton of butts people would toss out of their driver window while waiting to turn left. I'd estimate about 6 to 8 sq ft of butts if you moved them all together. Considering there wasn't much traffic and hardly any wait time due to just a stop sign, it really worried me almost 10 years ago when they decided a traffic light was necessary. Well here we are now and I'm surprised if I see more than one or two butts there at all.
Oh damn, I completely forgot about that ad! It's original airing was a bit before my time, but I still remember it being referenced quite a bit.Growing up in the 70's I remember things being much trashier than they are now, seemed more 'acceptable' back then, reminds me of this classic PSA that ran throughout the decade:
You know what's amazing about this Indian ...iron eyes Cody? He ain't an Indian , he's an Italian from Louisiana.Growing up in the 70's I remember things being much trashier than they are now, seemed more 'acceptable' back then, reminds me of this classic PSA that ran throughout the decade:
I used to mow and weedeat a spot on our creekbank at the end of a dead end road into our property. People would shoot at the creek and leave their brass. I would go check every couple days and get good 223 brass and other calibers.Its funny that the people who need the outdoors the most (shooters) leave the most trash. Every time I go shooting i pick up so much brass. I have not had to buy brass in 15 years of reloading.
Unless something falls off the jeep/4x4/utv/atv and you don't notice. There is never an excuse for leaving behind anything. Maybe your wife but thats another thing.
I agree Equilibrium31, I don't see many cigarette butts at our cleanups. I remember picking up one cigarette butt and about 10,000 shotgun shells (every time) in additional to all the other usual trash. Broken beer bottles, old mattresses, tires, shot up computers, etc.