Back to my usual position, very much last! (One DNF) #trailrunning #runnersofmastodon #rubbish
My small contribution to #WorldCleanupDay2024, collected on my walk back from the supermarket.
All single-use items, many of which were plastic bottles, or aluminium cans.
Now in my recycling bin, or alternative in the case of coffee cups & crunchy plastics.
Are Australia's 4WD enthusiasts wrecking the bush?
From bushwalking to ALL TERRAIN driving in the bush
"4WD touring is booming and it's putting unprecedented pressure on the bush. The increased traffic is also degrading many of the tracks...Many of the tracks are historical — initially built for logging, gold mining or firebreaks — and are not designed for four-wheel driving. These tracks proliferate, they very rarely disappear."
"Something bogs up, drivers go round it, and it gets bigger, damages vegetation and spreads weeds and pests...The rules for four-wheel drives are the same whether you're in a national park or in a state forest, you're supposed to drive them on a road. You're not supposed to drive them around in the bush, willy nilly."
"Seasonal closures can also protect areas at risk of degradation.The spokesperson says 181 infringements totalling more than $60,000 were given to people caught driving cars or riding trail bikes illegally off-road or in restricted areas last year."
Déjà vu of SUVs being washed in a perennial stream (Orara River) on the eastern slopes of the Dorrigo Plateau and nappies deposited on river rocks.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-13/4wd-tracks-see-boom-in-drivers-damaging-landscape-high-country/104049400
#conservation #NPs #TheBush #NSW #TheDrive #Bellingen #Orara #rivers #NeverNever #SUVs #ATV #OffRoad #DomesticTourism #rubbish #weeds #toilets #degradation #car #culture #regulation #bushwalking #biodiversity #habitat #climate
6:15am a #rubbish #truck went down the close near us. It's not #BinDay so I'm not sure what it's collecting. I'm used to being woken up by "this truck is reversing" but as it came back to the #road I got a whole new experience: "this truck is turning left, this truck is...". Perhaps next week it'll be announcing gear changes as well.
10 min later #dogwalkers were #chatting under the #bedroom #window. Sleep? Fat chance.
North Korea drops balloons full of rubbish and excrement onto South Korea | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/north-south-korea-trash-poop-balloons-b2553025.html
Wandsworth councillor tracks down fly-tipper using address on box
The one and only right attitude.
#rubbish #garbage #garbage_collection
Devon woman completes marathon litter-pick around Brixham
Today (Saturday 30th March) is the International Day of Zero Waste.
I wonder how many people are aware of that, and, what's more, will be attempting to adhere to it as much as possible.
I bet I lot of stores won't.
#InternationalDayOfZeroWaste #Waste #Rubbish #Trash #Garbage #Sustainability #Recycling
https://internationaldayofzerowaste.org/ [internationaldayofzerowaste.org]
Litter warning after hundreds of animals injured in Devon and Cornwall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-68544131
The Great British Spring Clean runs 15th to 31st March.
Do your bit and tidy our nation. We're the dirty nation of Europe.
No bin? No excuse (to drop it, or stuff it in a hedge). Take your litter home.