The single tissue issue

drbob
Couldn't agree more.
To make matters worse, many of them are wipes that, unlike tissues, take a long time to break down.
Cheers
Andrew

G'day drbob

I agree that it's a disgusting habit, but aren't you are drawing a long bow to lay the problem at feet (or should I say the nether regions?) of women alone. There are plenty of bushes with more than a single tissue behind them; maybe blokes just walk further into the bush?

If folks (well, most folks) with dogs can be encouraged to pick it all up and place it in a plastic bag, then they (we) should be able to do it with our own waste, and carry it to . . . well, where?

Perhaps an entrepreneur needs to develop packs of five sheets of tissue/toilet paper with an attached deodorized plastic bag. That'd solve one environmental problem, but create another. And there's probably a public health regulation that says it's OK to dispose of animal waste in the nearest bin, but not human waste.

Cheers
John

Not to mention on walks you find them wedged in between crevices etc. My wife always brings hers back and disposes of it correctly. It is not that hard. I will always remember being camped in a free camp near Fog Dam, Kakadu and a wiz bang containing 4 young girls came and stayed the night. They took off in the morning and left behind a nice spread of tissues on the ground. One minute we thought what a lovely group of young girls travelling and the next we thought what a bunch of filthy bit****. And there were rubbish bins in the camp ground!! Kevin

So tell me drbob, What is your doctorate in, Sh1t Stirring? Excuse the pun.

Just on the off chance that you are serious, My experience on this and previous trips is that many rest areas, even those with toilets, have a pretty fair collection of "paper flowers" blowing in the wind and decorating the surrounding area. Not having made a close study of the problem, but my casual observation is that many if not most of the "flowers" have a brown center and "petals" numbering much more than one. While not professing to be an anatomical expert such as your good self, I feel pretty confidant in saying that this trait is not exclusive to either sex.
Hmmm..let's see, on a scale of 1 to 10, which would be the most disgusting, a single sheet with a possibly damp center or a stream of sheets with a lovely brown drag stripe.

Not that I am condoning either variety but why draw attention to one type. I would think burying or burning or maybe taking with you would be more appropriate.

Cheers
Pop

Haha. These sort of threads r a good joke. But valid.

Now if someone could tell smokers they r the world's biggest litterers and get them to take their filthy refuse with them for appropriate disposal then that's a war worth waging.

G'day drbob

I see this quite often with my outback tour business and I would have a half educated guess that 25% of the problem lies with overseas tourists who think that "ahh there's nothing out here and a bit of paper won't bother anyone" and another 25% lies with the city slickers on their first outing 250 plus kilometres from their home and their local restaurant and coffee shop !

I lay down the rules on day one of my trips and anyone caught incorrectly disposing of "any rubbish" pays the price - they have to pay for all of my beer for the remainder of the trip - a very very costly mistake !! lol


Happy travelling ( in a hopefully clean enviroment ! )

Cheers

Gazz

Yes, I totally agree with you drbob. I am an avid 'walker' and never leave any paper out along any of my walks. It's such an easy thing to carry a small plastic (snap lock) bag and take any rubbish back to a bin or home!

cheers,
heather

Been a foster carer now for a few years. As a single male I only get boys.
During the last few years I have noticed something new with the different boys that are coming around.
As most of you would know, kids often do not flush the toilet. What I have noticed is that many boys are now using a sheet or two when they go.

Going to be a new set of litterers in the future?

A constant problem that is so easy to deal with.
I carry a quantity of brown paper lunch bags, they cost a couple of dollars for a couple of hundred from Coles etc.

Do the business, if number 2's bury the crap and place your paper and wet ones into the paperbag, then put the bag into your rubbish bag for either burning at a suitable later campfire or disposal in a proper bin etc.
No worries about animals digging up the paper, no throwing it on the ground, no trying to burn it in the toilet hole.
Everyone knows what's in the brown paper bags and treats it accordingly.

You carried the paper out there, you can carry it home, same with other rubbish.
It's not that difficult to do and requires a very small amount of effort and consideration.

drbob,
one of the facts is this has occurred since man made his first stone wheel. When it broke he just left it lying where it failed.

Humans are humans and I am afraid you can't change that, while some will do the nice thing, others will just chuck it out the window or in this case let it blow in the wind.

When we go to a historical site it is just junk left lying around in the broken glass that was not useful elsewhere. On thing is, all the single wiping leaves have long returned to the earth without leaving a trace.

One advantage of brown flowers is, they are a warning of something more nasty lurking on the ground ready to attack your toes.

I wonder what was used to clean up before the advent of the ubiquitous toilet tissue.

No handy stream to dunk ones nether regions into. Can't use the local plants, too many green tree, or worse fire ants, and leaves that have nasty hairs that cause a case of "ring of fire".
Just rely on the local fly population to do the job?
Hmmm...I am sure some uni student could wangle a government grant to conduct a thorough investigation and produce a "paper" to submit as part of a thesis.

(;-+)

Cheers
Pop

Anyone that leaves any kind of rubbish should be ashamed...... and ladies why is that it is OK to tuck a snotty germ laden handkerchief up your sleeve but gasp in horror at retrieving a bit of tissue with a smidge of sterile pee on it..... never figured that out.

John

My husband does his bit to clean up. On Davies Plain track Victoria last December rather than stay angry at the mess left by others beside the Murray River, he got too and dug a hole and proceeded to collect all the mess with his spade and bury it. Doesn't solve the problem but felt better than just having to look at it. What upset us the most was that this is a 4wd track and a long way from where amateurs travel. These people should know better.

I had a dummy spit about this subject last year, when I constantly found toilet paper scattered around the Simpson Desert, well being in town seems to make no difference, still finding the odd piece of toilet paper in the campers area, 30 meters from the ablution blocks!

Yes, I do blame the girls, not just backpackers either!