Super User Fishing Rhino Posted May 24, 2019 Super User Posted May 24, 2019 Our roads, boat ramps, and highways are cluttered with litter. Plastic bottles, containers, etc. are seen along our roadways despite our best efforts to keep them collected. Yesterday it occurred to me that losing scratch tickets rival all the other trash along our highways and byways. So, we have personal trash littering our country, but precious little has been said or done regarding governmental, losing scratch tickets. I have a simple, common sense solution. Why not make losing scratch tickets out of material that would make them usable as toilet paper. Looks like a win/win to me. 1 1 Quote
Super User slonezp Posted May 24, 2019 Super User Posted May 24, 2019 So what do we make the winning tickets out of? Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted May 24, 2019 Super User Posted May 24, 2019 36 minutes ago, slonezp said: So what do we make the winning tickets out of? Luck 1 1 Quote
Super User Oregon Native Posted May 25, 2019 Super User Posted May 25, 2019 Would like to see something done about bottles and cans here out east....lakes are loaded with the floaters in the backs of coves and show up really well before the leaves and green cover it all up threw the summer. I carry a garbage bag but it only makes a tiny dent.... I have idea's but they wouldn't be politically correct today.... 1 Quote
Super User Koz Posted May 28, 2019 Super User Posted May 28, 2019 I always find it amazing that people will just toss their trash anywhere. I'm no eco-warrior, but doing something like that doesn't even cross my mind. 1 Quote
Super User Way2slow Posted May 28, 2019 Super User Posted May 28, 2019 Well, they could always do like they did down in Brownsville TX. They got tired of those plastic bags all the stores use at the check out, so they placed a ban on them. If a store uses one, they have to pay the county for each one they use. Of course the stores saw this as a great opportunity to cut cost. They just quit using all store furnished bags and started selling the fabric bags. So, now if you forget to take your bags in, you buy more or take everything out piled in a cart. However, you don't see those plastic bags blowing all over the place. There are a few stores that still feel the customer comes first and use paper bags (no ban on the paper bags), but not many. Quote
greentrout Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 i am truly fortunate in that i get to fish a beautiful water park with high end camping to primitive ... get visitors from all over the country ... expensive motorhomes and bass boats seen ... when bank fishing the amount of fishing line i pick up is disturbing ... absolutely no class and no regard for others and nature ... have a lot of canadian geese and occasional mallards ... good fishing ... Quote
Super User TOXIC Posted May 28, 2019 Super User Posted May 28, 2019 It is frustrating to see the trash but don't get down on fishermen as the cause all the time. I fish the Potomac which runs through big metropolitan ares like DC and Alexandria. Not to mention the thousands of feeder creeks and streams that feed into the river. The trash from the cities makes its way into the waterways via storm run off and there's literally hundreds of miles of feeder streams, creeks and rivers that also feed into it. It's a daunting task keeping the litter in check. Quote
BassNJake Posted May 28, 2019 Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 8:40 AM, Oregon Native said: Would like to see something done about bottles and cans here out east....lakes are loaded with the floaters in the backs of coves and show up really well before the leaves and green cover it all up threw the summer. I carry a garbage bag but it only makes a tiny dent.... I have idea's but they wouldn't be politically correct today.... At least you are making an effort and it may jump start someone else to do something too!! I have removed 21 walmart bags and 2 kitchen sized trash bags just this year. Last year I only collected 50 walmart bags, so i'm on a record setting pace this year!! (I only starting keeping track last year although i've been doing it for about 10 years) A few years ago I saw a father/son out one day and they saw me scooping up trash in a cove with my net. We talked for a few minutes about how it's not getting any better but I like doing what I can to help. Fast forward to the end of last year and I saw the dad at a community clean up event at the lake. His son is now a high school freshman and organized it with the help of his school and church. I feel like one bag did make a difference. 1 1 Quote
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