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I have wondered if its not a deliberate act at all. It seems more subconscious, learned behavior, like people who randomly steal things, or drive overly aggress
by underseacables 3y ago
I have wondered if its not a deliberate act at all. It seems more subconscious, learned behavior, like people who randomly steal things, or drive overly aggressive. It's all baked into their psyche.
- gosub100 3y agoI agree with this. If you grew up in the ghetto where there's piles of trash everywhere, why are you going to feel bad about throwing a candy wrapper on top of the pile. That's literally the 'grain of sand is not a pile' thought experiment. One separate thing I want to point out is that not all litter was littered. trash trucks blow it out in the wind, mentally ill homeless people throw it on the ground while scouring the trash bins looking for a 0.05 soda bottle refund (which was, ironically, done to reduce littering). Animals get into trash. So don't knee-jerk when you see trash on the ground and assume it was from a deliberate act.
- beardyw 3y agoYes, in our street in London most litter is from foxes raiding bins. We have food recycle bins which are basically a foxes takeaway despite locking lids. Next most is builders - no, polystyrene won't stay in an open skip.