Recycle whilst we ride

[User10119]

This came up on twitter - a pre-teen with the same idea

View: https://twitter.com/wwf_uk/status/972053580063690752

 

[biggs682]

Not getting a lot of cycling done at the mo, but that will increase, so yes, I'm in. Picking up 1 item isn't going to be difficult.

Picking up the odd bit of litter as you travel about is an excellent thing to be doing. Well done you.

Thats what i thought , there are enough soft drink tins and bottles lying in or around the kerbs on most roads

 

[biggs682]

[QUOTE 5203956, member: 10119"]This came up on twitter - a pre-teen with the same idea

View: https://twitter.com/wwf_uk/status/972053580063690752[/QUOTE]

Well done to her

 

[Accy cyclist]

For some reason I do it furtively, like I'm slightly embarrassd by it. I suppose it does mark you out as 'different'. Most folk just don't seem to care. And yet a former neighbour stood on his doorstep as I walked past and picked up something...he remarked...
'Dunno why you're othering Col, it'll be the same tomorrow'.
I replied...
'I know...and I'll pick it up tomorrow as well, I refuse to live in a tip'

I do too to be honest, but my desire for the scum not to win, overcomes any embarrassment for me.

This'll make you smile. Last week i saw a neighbour having a set to with the bloke who owns a gym up the road. There's a grass verge near it,which those out the gym use as a dumping ground for their "power aid" drinks bottles and those brown McDonalds bags. There must've been about 100 plastic bottles on this small piece of land. The neighbour said the gym owner told him to piss off,as it wasn't him dropping the bottles. I suggested to the neighbour that it was pointless arguing with the aggressive owner about it. Instead he should contact the council. Only about 3 days later i walked past the land to see all the rubbish had gone. A bloke who uses the gym told me that the owner had put a sign up in there,asking/telling his clients/customers not to dump their rubbish on the land or anywhere else outside the gym. So well done to the council or whoever it was who got this mess cleaned up!

 

[annedonnelly]

Here's today's collection

 

[biggs682]

On my commute home from work last night i stopped and picked up a discarded plastic drinks bottle and was just about set of again under the watchful eye of an elderly lady who said "why are you picking that up you didn't drop it " so i explained to her why , her response was " i would do the same but if i bent over i would never get back up " and off she plodded saying " well done " as she went

 

[Illaveago]

On my way back from my ride yesterday I stopped and picked up a metal drinks can. It was only one, but one less now .
I had never heard of Captain Morgan Cola before !
What I did notice is that somebody is fly tipping household waste in black plastic bags ! It is no wonder there is so much litter around .

 

[flake99please]

That will never fit on my rear rack.....

 

[classic33]

That will never fit on my rear rack.....

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[biggs682]

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If i had known @classic33 was hiding behind the bush with his camera i would have smiled

 

[roadrash]

This chap can show you how to move that fridge with your bike, you don't need a rack..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goy8fdRXisw

 

[biggs682]

This chap can show you how to move that fridge with your bike, you don't need a rack..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goy8fdRXisw

What does he do when he wants to turn left ??

 

[roadrash]

I believe he takes three right turns instead which add up to a left

 

[classic33]

What does he do when he wants to turn left ??

He's no intention of indicating. He's just knicked the bike and the fridge.

 

[BoldonLad]

That will never fit on my rear rack.....

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There used to be a chap who regularly (ie annually) did the Great North Run (a half marathon at 13 miles) with a fridge strapped to his back. I do not know if the fridge was full or empty