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In Europe it was customary to throw them into the local river I believe
by gmerc 3y ago
In Europe it was customary to throw them into the local river I believe
- hiatus 3y agoMoving the litter from the streets to the river where they can do more damage to the environment as they are degraded by water. Makes sense.
- argiopetech 3y agoSimultaneously: out of sight, out of mind. We're strange creatures.
- wkat4242 3y agoThe people that throw them in the river are not the environmentalist kind but pretty trashy themselves. The kind that hang around street corners in groups making you feel unsafe. We call them 'hangjongeren' in Dutch (meaning youths hanging around). Ps I hate these scooter companies but throwing them in the rivers is terrible for the environment.
- millzlane 3y agoIt happened in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. This trend may have been influenced by social media or simply by human nature.