01-27-2012, 07:05 AM
There are many non-enforced regulations at parks, esp. at the beach parks, most all do carry a fine if they were enforced. ETA: Alcoholic beverages are not banned at all parks, and not even at all beach parks....just got an email on this...
Leaving litter because "some one else will pick it up" may have merit, but ONL if you know that some one else will pick it up. In the example above, Tossing water bottles from your car AT a trash can at a beach park (near enough to the parking to toss the water bottles) sounds more like littering than thoughtful placing of recyclables, and should not be encouraged.
PS. Of the tons of recyclables that I have helped remove from the beaches here (16 cleanups & counting!), I am sure most everyone that dumped the bottles & cans had some reason.... but the end result was an insult to our oceans.... I would love to see far fewer reasons to leave trash that can easily end up in the ocean....
BTW: most of the recyclables that are removed in cleanups cannot be recycled...after just a few weeks, they are too fouled to be accepted, even in the bins...so we have folks that sort through the debris hauled up by divers, and most all of that is just trash!!!
Leaving litter because "some one else will pick it up" may have merit, but ONL if you know that some one else will pick it up. In the example above, Tossing water bottles from your car AT a trash can at a beach park (near enough to the parking to toss the water bottles) sounds more like littering than thoughtful placing of recyclables, and should not be encouraged.
PS. Of the tons of recyclables that I have helped remove from the beaches here (16 cleanups & counting!), I am sure most everyone that dumped the bottles & cans had some reason.... but the end result was an insult to our oceans.... I would love to see far fewer reasons to leave trash that can easily end up in the ocean....
BTW: most of the recyclables that are removed in cleanups cannot be recycled...after just a few weeks, they are too fouled to be accepted, even in the bins...so we have folks that sort through the debris hauled up by divers, and most all of that is just trash!!!