Fined for chucking a apple into a hedge

[dfarrall]

The issue here is the fact it was in a hedge, if it were on a street then i'm sure most of you wouldn't want the sight of it, so were do we draw the line? To make it easier its just no littering full stop.

 

[Skidder]

Sure, but where does it stop, thats the question...

Push it to one side? I imagine you have a small tree or something. and thats not really the point. Why should the homeowner have to clean his garden because some lazy muncher couldn't be bothered to hold his apple core until he got to a bin?

and while it may be good for the soil, its not good for the grass.

Some things merit extrapolation, others, not so much.

 

[theleg]

Oh, he lobbed it out of his car window too? Nice

 

[Edrof]

Damn you damn you damn you.

*stalks off*

Don't get sand in your bushel.

 

[lucy_bee]

It's like seagulling but just a little more fun orientated.

I may regret this - but what is spidermanning and seagulling?

 

[holymonk]

He chucked it out of a moving vehicle. Slightly different.

 

[twist3d0n3]

I may regret this - but what is spidermanning and seagulling?

it's similar to something they like doing in Nagasaki (as the song goes)

 

[Amp34]

Out of interest, do those saying its okay own their own homes?

I regularly throw an apple core into a hedge in my garden as well... It saves on waste in the house and would only go to a landfill site if you put it in a bin on the street.

Something like orange skin, no because it's too bright, but something like an apple core, cherry pips etc there is no reason not to throw it in a hedge (where it cannot be seen), although into someone elses garden is more of a no no.

 

[estebanrey]

Or, and this may be a radical idea, put your litter in your pocket 'til you get to one or get home? Just don't buy/open anything too messy for pockets when you know you cant dispose of the remains.

What if I don't have a pocket large enough to accomodate an apple core? Why should my freedom to eat or drink when not in my house be affected just because the council would rather pay a group of people £25k a year to go around fining people when they could instead use that money to provide more bins in the first place?

 

[lucy_bee]

Don't get sand in your bushel.

Hmph. I've done with you.

Toodle pip.

 

[jakspyder]

While I dont agree with the fine. I also dont find it hard to put things in bins. And iv lived in the hills for 12 years. If there is no bin for your apple. Feed it to a horse. If there are no live stock, there should be bins

 

[theleg]

What if I don't have a pocket large enough to accomodate an apple core? Why should my freedom to eat or drink when not in my house be affected just because the council would rather pay a group of people £25k a year to go around fining people when they could instead use that money to provide more bins in the first place?

Then you hold it in your hand.

What is the world coming to...Seriously.

In any case, this guy was in his car so i don't think space was an issue.

 

[Amp34]

One apple core might be ok in some peoples minds, but if everyone were to start chucking random pieces of half eaten fruit into peoples gardens?

Anyone who has an apple tree in their garden knows how disgusting rotting fruit on the ground can be.

The article made it sound like he was throwing the core into a country hedgerow...

 

[Gackt]

This attitude is all very well IF every single street in Britain had a public litter bin on it.

Councils can't have it both ways, you can't go around fining people for dropping litter whilst not providing a method of disposing of it. Where I live the only public litter bins are in the City Centre, in council run parks and occasionally outside a parade of shops but you can walk for miles without seeing one.

Keep it in your pocket or bag until you reach a bin.

 

[panyan]

it's adding nutrients to the soil and no-ones going to care about it in a hedge. If it was a can or a crisps packet, I would understand. But not a apple core.

But it's biodegradable and useful, not man-made rubbish :/

It's fruit, it will provide food for the Insects and will naturally decompose and thus complete the circle of life...

+1

This is what i feel too. If it is a non-biodegradable item, fine them, if it is biodegradable and thrown in a discrete place, thats fine.

I was driving out of makro once, many years ago, and saw a kid throw a whole box of cornflakes out the back window on the motorway...

 

[theleg]

The article made it sound like he was throwing the core into a country hedgerow...

Well thats what the guy said He was at a junction with a council bloke in the car behind him so i do wonder exactly how 'country' the location really was

 

[Amp34]

The issue here is the fact it was in a hedge, if it were on a street then i'm sure most of you wouldn't want the sight of it, so were do we draw the line? To make it easier its just no littering full stop.

What happens if you're walking in the countryside and find some fruit on a tree/bush. You eat said fruit... What do you do with the pip/seed? Is that littering if you throw it on the floor? Even if it was guaranteed that it was going to hit the floor at some point anyway...?

 

[beachBOYken]

An apple core

They should stand outside Tesco express , they would have a field day!!!

 

[lucy_bee]

it's similar to something they like doing in Nagasaki (as the song goes)

Lost me

 

[Amp34]

Well thats what the guy said He was at a junction with a council bloke in the car behind him so i do wonder exactly how 'country' the location really was

I dunno where you live but there are plenty of country junctions round here!