Circulating

Stroll around your nearest town in the early hours of the dawn and you’ll see a number of road sweepers on the roads cleaning up the rubbish strewn around by all the revelry of last night. It’s an emblematic early daybreak setting, especially the beeping noise! We don’t really give litter a second thought as we feel keeping the streets respectable is not our problem.

All the same, there is a subtle yet substantial influence litter plays on human psychology. One is more likely to believe an area is lacking law and order if litter is scattered around, and thus felons see rubbish as a potential indication for an opportunity of a break-in, a mugging, or car-theft. The same sign creates some fear in other individuals who worry they might be wandering into a more dodgy neighbourhood and are wary of being attacked.

Not only that, but also the impact on the visual attraction of an area. Rubbish scattered around can give the appearance of a location looking run down even though it’s just been trashed by revellers from the previous night. This can harm the reputation of a neighbourhood if people are visiting the area for this particular short period of time and only find it in its littered state.

There’s no need to throw litter if there are empty litter bins in the location. If there is a lack of litter bins, or the rubbish bins that are there are stuffed, this is an issue to take up with the local council. Throwing rubbish has a negative influence on everyone.