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"..we can teach crows to pick up cigarette butts but we can’t teach people not to throw them on the ground.." :)

Chris2048 5y ago
We can, we have the technology, we're just not allowed to use it. a $5 wrench: https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
- buu700 5y ago
  Are you saying that you want to hit people with a wrench until they stop littering? Is there a petition I can sign?
INTPenis 5y ago
Sweden recently made it illegal to throw small pieces of litter like cigs on the ground. Of course hard to enforce but now police can actually act if they see it happen and perhaps make examples of some people. 800 SEK fine for cigs, chewing gum, snus for example. I used to smoke but I always just stayed around a bin, or made sure I had one near me when I was done. It's really not hard. I'd like to see double that fine.
- ajuc 5y ago
  > I used to smoke but I always just stayed around a bin, or made sure I had one near me when I was done. It's really not hard. I'd like to see double that fine. The problem with that is that bins are usually where people spend a lot of time. For example bus stops or benches in a park. If you have asthma it sucks to wait for a bus when someone smokes near it.
  - pastrami_panda 5y ago
    In Sweden it's also not allowed to smoke near bus stations or other forms of public communication (this includes train platforms etc.).
    - ajuc 5y ago
      Yeah in Poland too, but everybody ignores it :(
  - sandworm101 5y ago
    There is an old story about chewing gum in China. Back in the 90s they banned shewing gum in Tiananmen square, but the law was of course difficult to enforce. So they made the police scrape up any dropped gum. Enforcement then happened easily enough.
- foxfluff 5y ago
  > Sweden recently made it illegal to throw small pieces of litter like cigs on the ground. Is that true? Then I'm surprised littering wasn't illegal before. (Or this this a case of "oh no, people are doing [something illegal]! let's make it illegal!"?)
  - INTPenis 5y ago
    There was a distinction between flight tipping and throwing small litter to the ground like cigarette buts or chewing gum. So littering was obviously illegal but only for larger things like a bag of trash in nature. The new law is that even small things can be fined.
- syradar 5y ago
  I keep a small pouch in my bag that is designed to store cig butts. Useful for when there are no bins around. It’s sealed so there is no smell and I can empty it into a bin later.

Chris2048 5y ago

We can, we have the technology, we're just not allowed to use it. a $5 wrench: https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/

buu700 5y ago
Are you saying that you want to hit people with a wrench until they stop littering? Is there a petition I can sign?

INTPenis 5y ago

Sweden recently made it illegal to throw small pieces of litter like cigs on the ground. Of course hard to enforce but now police can actually act if they see it happen and perhaps make examples of some people. 800 SEK fine for cigs, chewing gum, snus for example. I used to smoke but I always just stayed around a bin, or made sure I had one near me when I was done. It's really not hard. I'd like to see double that fine.

ajuc 5y ago
> I used to smoke but I always just stayed around a bin, or made sure I had one near me when I was done. It's really not hard. I'd like to see double that fine. The problem with that is that bins are usually where people spend a lot of time. For example bus stops or benches in a park. If you have asthma it sucks to wait for a bus when someone smokes near it.
- pastrami_panda 5y ago
  In Sweden it's also not allowed to smoke near bus stations or other forms of public communication (this includes train platforms etc.).
  - ajuc 5y ago
    Yeah in Poland too, but everybody ignores it :(
- sandworm101 5y ago
  There is an old story about chewing gum in China. Back in the 90s they banned shewing gum in Tiananmen square, but the law was of course difficult to enforce. So they made the police scrape up any dropped gum. Enforcement then happened easily enough.
foxfluff 5y ago
> Sweden recently made it illegal to throw small pieces of litter like cigs on the ground. Is that true? Then I'm surprised littering wasn't illegal before. (Or this this a case of "oh no, people are doing [something illegal]! let's make it illegal!"?)
- INTPenis 5y ago
  There was a distinction between flight tipping and throwing small litter to the ground like cigarette buts or chewing gum. So littering was obviously illegal but only for larger things like a bag of trash in nature. The new law is that even small things can be fined.
syradar 5y ago
I keep a small pouch in my bag that is designed to store cig butts. Useful for when there are no bins around. It’s sealed so there is no smell and I can empty it into a bin later.