I had a job about 10 years ago supervising juvenile delinquents who had court-ordered community service. The agency I worked for found things for them to do, often trying to teach them some skills in the process. We fixed up fire-damaged houses, performed litter pickup on PA highways, and rebuilt a baseball field (built dugouts, snack bar, and press box) in a poor neighborhood. I still drive by on occasion to check on the field, and it appears that a league is still using it!

When we did litter pickup along the highways, here's what we found most often:
1--cigarette packs and butts (however, we didn't pick up butts--they are too small and supposedly decompose fairly quickly).
2--tire pieces. As in rubber chunks and entire belts from radial tires. More than likely, almost all came from trucks.
3--fast food containers/bags
4--plastic soda bottles with a yellow liquid in them ... I am not kidding!
5--more tire pieces. Really, there were a LOT of them lying around.

Some of the more interesting things we found were shoes, plywood, a mattress, and a washing machine.

Littering is simply irresponsible, no matter what it is.
Urby

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• I hate litter bugs, saw, Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:27:56
  • Top five litter brigade finds ..., Urby, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:49:09 <-- Viewing This Message
  • As litterbugs go, even more offensive than smokers are, Dave in Houston, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:39:20
  • got your link and name backwards - fixed link, Scott Paterson , Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:15:47
    • Even more fun in my convertible, Saabpilot , Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:03:46
    • Thanks n.m, saw, Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:30:20
      • Re: Thanks n.m, Dean, Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:41:25
        • The most common thing I see tossed out of cars is, Noel, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:14:42
          • Does a giant flaming SUV count as litter?, NateinAA, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:47:20
          • no, as a lawyer & smoker i agree that he was littering>, a prodigal son, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:00:23
          • Intent to litter?, John J, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:22:35
            • Re: Intent to litter?, Noel, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:41:26
          • Possible Insurance Scam?, Jimbo, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:58:58
        • No, not all smokers, John J, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:12:21
          • Lucky no one got hurt, NateinAA, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:27:25
        • a valid point.....weird thing about the law is that it>, a prodigal son, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 01:35:30
          • Another smoker agrees, ChuckD , Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:24:45
        • Instant Karma . . . almost d;=), Mike in Anchorage, Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:07:13
          • OTOH, the guy will sue the, Noel, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:53:14
          • True story..., Dave in Houston, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:09:29
            • Re: True story..., t_mokes, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:27:23

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