Wrapping up the litter finds for the end of February was interesting. The can count came in at 113 – about half of what I picked up last month. So, I guess that’s progress (although, one day I collected 25 cans on a regular walk with Homer). One of the more interesting things I found [...]

Sometimes, you just don’t know what kind of litter you’ll run across – literally. Tonight, while coming home from the KC Litter Index meeting (of all things), I rounded the corner and there was a styrofoam egg carton in the middle of the street. I can tell you that it wasn’t there when I left.  [...]

Some people are not familiar with this phrase. It means you’re not supposed to leave your crap behind, or better yet, pick up after yourself.
This is the first time I’ve spotted a foot insert product package. It says “My footprint” and this person decided to leave it on a sidewalk. The can count was the [...]

Webster’s defines litter as: “trash, wastepaper, or garbage lying scattered about” or “an untidy accumulation of objects.” I consider this recent collection quite an untidy accumulation of very unsightly objects.
These items were picked up on my walk with Homer on Feb. 13.  I typically come home with a bag of litter like this on nearly [...]

When I looked out my window Saturday morning, I saw this beautiful red cardinal in our lilac bush. It was a beautiful burst of color in this mostly cold gray winter we’ve been having.  That view quickly changed, however, as Homer and I hit the streets for our Saturday morning walk. I really struggle when [...]

Here are the cans that I picked up the month of  January. The majority of them were found on walks with Homer, but others were found in parking lots and other places here and there. My significant other took them to a recycling place today along with two other bags I’d collected eight months prior [...]

What would you rather see?
A plastic bag or…
a bird’s nest in a tree?

Leaving litter where one darned well pleases seems to be a right for some people. I found this empty yogurt container on a walk during lunch a few weeks ago. Someone decided to place it between two temporary construction barriers rather than in the trash containers that are located just a few yards in either [...]