I remember the Spanish air hostess walking down the aisle with a big clear plastic bag shouting: " Rubbeesh, Rubbeesh with her broken English accent. 
Here's a photo of some rubbish 🗑 bins on the beach in Tenerife.
I wish we had litter bins on our beaches like these in Ireland.
I have only seen them on Banna beach in County Kerry. I have see bins for dog waste but never for litter.
Why do I see county councils signs saying: "Take your rubbish home". People are on holiday so how can they?
No wonder our beaches and seas often contain plastic and rubbish.
The ones in Tenerife had writing on them in English says: "USE ME!"
Do you have public rubbish bins near you?
Rather like Portugal 🇵🇹 you see litter bins everywhere in Tenerife and you don't see detritus on the beaches.
There are rubbish bins all over the place here. Unfortunately they're often overflowing though better in the summer. Emptied every day. Another problem are the wild cats that rip the bags to pieces even though they're fed by local volunteers.
ReplyDeleteThose coloured bins look excellent. They are definitely a necessity
Thanks Linda. I think if you don't provide litter and recycling bins people will throw it out of their cars and throw it in the sea. It annoys me when we go to bottle banks and there is no litter bin for carrier bags or plastic.
DeleteThey would have to pay someone to empty them.
ReplyDeleteI would do it gladly Tasker. They make enough in road tax to pay people to keep the verges and beaches litter free.
ReplyDeleteIt is fair comment that the writing on the bins is in English.....
ReplyDeleteIt is GZ. The writing is also in Spanish.
ReplyDeleteEven on holiday i figure if you czn carry the full stuff to the beach, you can carry the empties back to your own bins (accommodation places have bins don't they?) I admit when I worked in nz forest service years ago we took bins out of remote places and put up signs about leaving nothing but footprints. People throw rubbish at bins rather than in them and if the bins were full the rubbish simply accummulated around and then got blown about or shreaded by keas.
ReplyDeleteBins are few and far between around here, although I'm not sure if it's the availability of them that is the problem.
ReplyDeleteGood points TM. I think if bins are provided in public places. We can put litter in them. Even if people just throw rubbish at the bins. I never see any rubbish on the beaches in the Algarve.
ReplyDeleteBins are something I always look for when I visit anywhere Jules. I am sure the beaches and roadside verges wouldn't be litter strewn if they provided bins.
ReplyDeleteI am a take-my-rubbish-home person wherever I go so I am always emptying rubbish out of my backpack. It goes in my bin at home.
ReplyDeleteFair play to you Rachel. Our county council privatised the bins several years ago. Now the refuse collection is private and it's optional if you have a bin or not. Rubbish is weighed by the weight. I think this is not a good idea. Rather like rich countries sell their rubbish to poor countries and they dump it in the oceans. Thanks for your thoughts Rachel.
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