People are faster to throw garbage than I am to pick it up.
Lack of punishment really.
If people actually got caught most of the time doing it and faced (impactful/painful) punishment it would be way better.
In our local waste-newspaper, something distributed by our local waste management company verko, they mentioned 60% of all belgians litter. I do not have a source as they haven’t published it online yet and I’m at work now.
Most people suck.
Marginalen / baraki all over the country
Because humans are trash apes.
This is why we can’t have nice things, and why we are now stuck with idiotic measures such as attached bottle caps. Apparently, we are incapable of throwing stuff in a bin. It still surprises me that I find lots of McDonalds packaging on my route to work, even though the nearest McDonalds is 30km away.
I also see a hang out spot but nowhere to leave your trash. A bin once in a while would be nice
Lack of education.
This shit breaks my heart.. the amount of filth you encounter that could have been avoided by just a little effort is astonishing.
1. Lack of education/common sense
2. Severe lack of law enforcement. There are no police patrols on foot doing regular beats, which would help in my opinion deter littering and other minor violations (biking on the sidewalk, honking for no reason, loud exhaust pipes, taking the trash out on the wrong day).
3. Lack of infrastructure to allow people to get rid of trash. For example:
– Yesterday at a picnic area near Asse–a picnic table and a tiny trash can (the kind with two tiny holes at the top), filled to the brim with cans, wrappers, etc. The whole area under and around the table was completely strewn with the same kind of trash. Of course I’m not justifying litter, but I more/better trash cans would help + cameras/actual enforcement of existing laws would help.
– About household waste–concerns mainly Brussels, where you see bags everywhere. In most places, trash is only picked up ONCE a week! Which isn’t enough for a lot of people, especially poorer families with kids and small apartments that maybe fill one bag every other day. The solution so far? Underground containers, which you can access whenever. And these have been implemented at different spots (Etterbeek, Anderlecht), but… they added an access card system! Which is so dumb… because this means that people go to the containers trying to dump their trash, and they find out the container is locked, and they just drop it next to it (who’s gonna walk their trash back home?). I’d say they should be open to every one… make it easier for people to get rid of their trash.
“Jongeren “
Because people.
People are bastards that’s why.
Because low IQ people outnumber normal people
Omdat er BE veel vuilaards rondlopen.
We call them ‘snotnoses’
I was in Plopsaland yesterday, and somebody threw a banana peel ONTO THE FAKE PLASTIC GRASS IN MAYALAND
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL COMPOST AND HELP THE PLASTIC GROW YOU THICKSKULLED SMOOTHBRAIN?
there was a thrashcan literally less than 5 meters away. And bananas are known to be terrible at decomposing in our climate/environment. Takes up to two years ffs. And mayaland is an indoor playground.
AND IT WAS PLASTIC GRASS
People suck. I cleaned out our IT stock, guess what not 2 days later and there is already garbage that they were to lazy to get rid of
I find trash weekly in front of my house bc i live in a forest. Also on the driveway. There is a trashcan about 50m further which people have to pass bc its a one way street. It’s definitely an intentional powertrip just to make others pick it up. I do it but i also have a small brick behind the mailbox to throw at the person if i ever catch them
In Singapore you would get 7 beatings with a stick per peace of trash for that. Here you get a gasboete those savages don’t pay anyway.
Mensen hebben gewoon weg geen respect voor de omgeving in onze maatschappij. Wij in belgie zijn relatief “lui” we houden van klagen over dingen maar willen er niks aan doen. Je ziet dit in steden het meest mensen in andere landen ruimen op wij niet wij zien rommel en klagen erover
the “public” in “public spaces”
Because it’s not punished hard enough that’s why.
Dipshit parents incapable of educating their dipshit children
People are disgusting in most places you visit around the world.
Belgium is far more densely populated so you do notice it and the city doesn’t clean up as much a Flemish cities do.
Flemish cities are just as filthy, Leuven can get real dirty after a student night. However the city takes more initiative to clean the place up.
Unfortunately that is our tax dollars because people are lazy and don’t give a shit.
I once left a date because she dropped her wrapper on the ground when we went walking in a park.
I don’t think this was the case in Belgium even 15 years ago.
A portion of people with *different mindset* is just growing, and will outnumber the ones who care about the environment.
This is somehow also connected to the literally “anyone is welcome” policy, which is definitely not present in Japan and Australia, just to pick two very clean countries.
Some people say its the ‘wildlife’ and actually meaning animals, not the human kind of animals who do that lol
There are many reasons for littering but unfortunately people simply do not seem to speak up anymore when they see it happening. Playgrounds in my area are often covered in litter from hangjongeren. If I see them litter, I will speak to them about it, point out that not so long ago they were the kids playing in this playground and ask them to clean it up. Unlike what you’d expect, most don’t even talk back.
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Humanity is a plague
People are faster to throw garbage than I am to pick it up.
Lack of punishment really.
If people actually got caught most of the time doing it and faced (impactful/painful) punishment it would be way better.
In our local waste-newspaper, something distributed by our local waste management company verko, they mentioned 60% of all belgians litter. I do not have a source as they haven’t published it online yet and I’m at work now.
Most people suck.
Marginalen / baraki all over the country
Because humans are trash apes.
This is why we can’t have nice things, and why we are now stuck with idiotic measures such as attached bottle caps. Apparently, we are incapable of throwing stuff in a bin. It still surprises me that I find lots of McDonalds packaging on my route to work, even though the nearest McDonalds is 30km away.
I also see a hang out spot but nowhere to leave your trash. A bin once in a while would be nice
Lack of education.
This shit breaks my heart.. the amount of filth you encounter that could have been avoided by just a little effort is astonishing.
1. Lack of education/common sense
2. Severe lack of law enforcement. There are no police patrols on foot doing regular beats, which would help in my opinion deter littering and other minor violations (biking on the sidewalk, honking for no reason, loud exhaust pipes, taking the trash out on the wrong day).
3. Lack of infrastructure to allow people to get rid of trash. For example:
– Yesterday at a picnic area near Asse–a picnic table and a tiny trash can (the kind with two tiny holes at the top), filled to the brim with cans, wrappers, etc. The whole area under and around the table was completely strewn with the same kind of trash. Of course I’m not justifying litter, but I more/better trash cans would help + cameras/actual enforcement of existing laws would help.
– About household waste–concerns mainly Brussels, where you see bags everywhere. In most places, trash is only picked up ONCE a week! Which isn’t enough for a lot of people, especially poorer families with kids and small apartments that maybe fill one bag every other day. The solution so far? Underground containers, which you can access whenever. And these have been implemented at different spots (Etterbeek, Anderlecht), but… they added an access card system! Which is so dumb… because this means that people go to the containers trying to dump their trash, and they find out the container is locked, and they just drop it next to it (who’s gonna walk their trash back home?). I’d say they should be open to every one… make it easier for people to get rid of their trash.
“Jongeren “
Because people.
People are bastards that’s why.
Because low IQ people outnumber normal people
Omdat er BE veel vuilaards rondlopen.
We call them ‘snotnoses’
I was in Plopsaland yesterday, and somebody threw a banana peel ONTO THE FAKE PLASTIC GRASS IN MAYALAND
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL COMPOST AND HELP THE PLASTIC GROW YOU THICKSKULLED SMOOTHBRAIN?
there was a thrashcan literally less than 5 meters away. And bananas are known to be terrible at decomposing in our climate/environment. Takes up to two years ffs. And mayaland is an indoor playground.
AND IT WAS PLASTIC GRASS
People suck. I cleaned out our IT stock, guess what not 2 days later and there is already garbage that they were to lazy to get rid of
I find trash weekly in front of my house bc i live in a forest. Also on the driveway. There is a trashcan about 50m further which people have to pass bc its a one way street. It’s definitely an intentional powertrip just to make others pick it up. I do it but i also have a small brick behind the mailbox to throw at the person if i ever catch them
In Singapore you would get 7 beatings with a stick per peace of trash for that. Here you get a gasboete those savages don’t pay anyway.
Mensen hebben gewoon weg geen respect voor de omgeving in onze maatschappij. Wij in belgie zijn relatief “lui” we houden van klagen over dingen maar willen er niks aan doen. Je ziet dit in steden het meest mensen in andere landen ruimen op wij niet wij zien rommel en klagen erover
the “public” in “public spaces”
Because it’s not punished hard enough that’s why.
Dipshit parents incapable of educating their dipshit children
People are disgusting in most places you visit around the world.
Belgium is far more densely populated so you do notice it and the city doesn’t clean up as much a Flemish cities do.
Flemish cities are just as filthy, Leuven can get real dirty after a student night. However the city takes more initiative to clean the place up.
Unfortunately that is our tax dollars because people are lazy and don’t give a shit.
I once left a date because she dropped her wrapper on the ground when we went walking in a park.
I don’t think this was the case in Belgium even 15 years ago.
A portion of people with *different mindset* is just growing, and will outnumber the ones who care about the environment.
This is somehow also connected to the literally “anyone is welcome” policy, which is definitely not present in Japan and Australia, just to pick two very clean countries.
Some people say its the ‘wildlife’ and actually meaning animals, not the human kind of animals who do that lol
There are many reasons for littering but unfortunately people simply do not seem to speak up anymore when they see it happening. Playgrounds in my area are often covered in litter from hangjongeren. If I see them litter, I will speak to them about it, point out that not so long ago they were the kids playing in this playground and ask them to clean it up. Unlike what you’d expect, most don’t even talk back.