Rick's got a new bag of tricks...
The trick is, DON'T LITTER! Today's finds hold some startling surprises.
Tire (second one so far!)
Plastic bottles
Plastic fertilizer bag full of hundreds of flattened cans
Two fertilizer bags; white one with broken glass inside, yellow one originally empty
Pair of cotton work gloves
Blue glass flower vase
Broken dishes
Heaps of plastic food wrappers and packaging
Plastic flower pot
Plastic shopping bag
Yellow apple/pineapple cutter/corer
Plastic broom
It is getting increasing difficult to find trash near our house. Every time I go out to gather up garbage I find something immediately in front of our house, either freshly discarded, blown in by the wind or uncovered by the wind, but there is less and less everyday. I have to walk a bit further everyday. Today I took a path deep into the woods and filled my backpack basket up almost before I even got to the trailhead. Once I walked in a ways, I saw a staggering amount of plastic scraps all over. Thankfully, I also found several bags, old fertilizer bags and shopping bags, which I summarily stuffed full of other garbage.
I had our dogs with me, and while trying to carry all the bags and manage their leashes, I fumbled Manju's line and he ran off into the woods. I had to set down the bags and secure Smoochie and go in after him. He led me on wild goose chase through the woods, but to my surprise stopped just next to a huge pile of trash.
Tire (second one so far!)
Plastic bottles
Plastic fertilizer bag full of hundreds of flattened cans
Two fertilizer bags; white one with broken glass inside, yellow one originally empty
Pair of cotton work gloves
Blue glass flower vase
Broken dishes
Heaps of plastic food wrappers and packaging
Plastic flower pot
Plastic shopping bag
Yellow apple/pineapple cutter/corer
Plastic broom
It is getting increasing difficult to find trash near our house. Every time I go out to gather up garbage I find something immediately in front of our house, either freshly discarded, blown in by the wind or uncovered by the wind, but there is less and less everyday. I have to walk a bit further everyday. Today I took a path deep into the woods and filled my backpack basket up almost before I even got to the trailhead. Once I walked in a ways, I saw a staggering amount of plastic scraps all over. Thankfully, I also found several bags, old fertilizer bags and shopping bags, which I summarily stuffed full of other garbage.
I had our dogs with me, and while trying to carry all the bags and manage their leashes, I fumbled Manju's line and he ran off into the woods. I had to set down the bags and secure Smoochie and go in after him. He led me on wild goose chase through the woods, but to my surprise stopped just next to a huge pile of trash.
A smashed up refrigerator and a mystery bag. How do you teach a dog to fetch those?
I am not sure if Manju was helping me out, but it was awesome that he led me to so much stuff. I was only able to take the bag as I still had all of my other trash and backpack waiting in the clearing. I will have to go back for the refrigerator bits later.
Once I got home and started sorting the trash for a picture, I realized what was in the fertilizer bag: hundreds of flattened soft drink cans and even some paint cans. This means that someone took the time to crush hundreds of cans and place them in a plastic bag. Perhaps they were getting ready to recycle them properly, but somehow they ended up walking deep into the woods, carrying the bag much farther than they would have had to if they would have taken it to the nearest collection point instead.
The good thing, though, is that it was already bagged and easy for me to carry out of the woods. If only all the litterbugs on the island would be this courteous!!!
Once I got home and started sorting the trash for a picture, I realized what was in the fertilizer bag: hundreds of flattened soft drink cans and even some paint cans. This means that someone took the time to crush hundreds of cans and place them in a plastic bag. Perhaps they were getting ready to recycle them properly, but somehow they ended up walking deep into the woods, carrying the bag much farther than they would have had to if they would have taken it to the nearest collection point instead.
The good thing, though, is that it was already bagged and easy for me to carry out of the woods. If only all the litterbugs on the island would be this courteous!!!
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