| Ka-pi96 said: Sounds more like a cultural issue rather than "lack of city cleaners" issue. People shouldn't be chucking their shit on the ground full stop. They don't here, and we don't even have bins to put it in either. That said, we do use far too much plastic. And to whoever said we need a plastic substitute. We have one. We have multiple in fact. It's just that plastic is cheaper and easier to get. And most companies prefer the cheap/easy route. |
Here they used to litter all the time. Up till about when they started running the Native American tearing up over someone littering (fun fact: actor wasn't Native American) that things started to change. Up till that point here in USA people would just be driving down road and throw their trash out along side the road. I suppose they thought inmates or people who had community service would eventually pick it up or they just didn't care. You still see it every once in awhile but there is a decent fine if police see and want to enforce.
Do they have decent education about not littering and respecting environment in Japan because it seems to be an educational thing. You would think it would be common sense about proper etiquette.
I've seen news stories of PPE in the Venice canals and other European cities so it isn't just a North America problem. Don't get me started on some of the electronic recycling that goes on in China. Once they get the gold or whatever else value out of circuit boards in China sometimes they just chunk it in local river. There are pictures of electronic boards and debris pilled all the way up in river and cant even see if there is a river or creek underneath.
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