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Fast food trash, aluminum cans and plastic bottles that are litter appear to be pitched but is there any real proof as to how it all gets there?  From the evidence I have seen in picking up roadside trash, I am inclined to believe that some of this also blows out of trucks and trailers.  People do take this stuff home with them and put it in their household trash which is hauled here, there and everywhere. 

When hauling household trash to the dump, we all know that if a bag of trash does not have enough weight to hold it down, it will blow out.  Trash will also blow out of any splits or openings as plastic bags blow up like balloons and as air goes in, trash can escape through any opening.  When this happens, the bag gets lighter and eventually the bag with the remainder of the contents can blow out.

Open trash containers are another problem.  Animals can get in the trash. Early in the morning, while you are still sleeping, crows are busy pulling trash out of containers and dumpsters looking for food. They know how to open and empty the contents of a plastic bag.  They do not pick up after themselves when they get finished. If the wind is blowing, it does not take long for the trash to scatter especially the plastic bags.

So, when you see plastic bags and fast food trash in parking lots, on the roadside, in the streets and everywhere don't be too quick to judge. We can only assume as to how it got there unless we actually saw it happen.

I would be willing to bet that there are not as many slobs out there as it appears.

Anyhow, the litter is piling up and needs to be cleaned up.  Are you willing to help?