Why all the litter along our roads?

I think that a lot of people think that they are performing a noble act when placing rubbish into a bin, as if it ends up in some immaculate, controlled zone where nature is untouched and someone presses the *DELETE* button on their crisp packets and disposable nappies. Binning might be preferable *locally*, but… You can’t assume that the litter in roads and on the M6 is direct local littering, and can’t pretend it’s much worse than binning - It’s just antisocial. … -The McDonalds bin you stuffed your takeaway into overflows and gets attacked by gulls; -your recycling bins are emptied by wind and rats and drunk people and foxes; -the BIFFA bin at your work leaks filthy juice into the ground. -Microplastics abound in all directions from every bin; -your recycling is sailed around the planet for banter; -landfill still exists and still causes problems today; -Bins are not sealed systems, incineration is not clean, recycling is imperfect and not effective, The waste in your hand is already an environmental issue by the time you’ve scrunched it up in your hand to drop into your kitchen bin. Binning makes it invisible from day-to-day life but it does not take the environmental impact away from the item in question. Litter ruins the place in front of you; binning ruins somewhere distant, and then the place in front of you. They share all of the same consequences so don’t think you’re better than someone because they’re lazy enough to litter.