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    1. Isotheis on

      People are faster to throw garbage than I am to pick it up.

    2. Guilliman88 on

      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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. EVILBURP_THE_SECOND on

      I also see a hang out spot but nowhere to leave your trash. A bin once in a while would be nice

    6. No_Necessary6444 on

      This shit breaks my heart.. the amount of filth you encounter that could have been avoided by just a little effort is astonishing.

    7. SevereBuffalo768 on

      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.

    8. nonantehuit on

      Usually it’s teenagers that spend time in those spots so it explains why people there don’t behave like adults. At least in my city.

    9. michilio on

      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

    10. Connect_Ad_4600 on

      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

    11. nathaliew817 on

      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

    12. doorknob7890 on

      Because villages and cities are getting denser and denser while consumerism is hitting an all time high including fast food chains and a supermarket around every corner.

    13. Bantorus on

      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.

    14. Unable_Tangelo7616 on

      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

    15. MotivationGaShinderu on

      Because it’s not punished hard enough that’s why.

    16. Heads_Down_Thumbs_Up on

      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.

    17. MiddayescapeW on

      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.

    18. Anywhere_Dismal on

      Some people say its the ‘wildlife’ and actually meaning animals, not the human kind of animals who do that lol

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