Thanks for clarifying! I would be inclined to say it takes more effort to tie said poo bag to the branch of a tree than it is to just put it in the bin.

The "poo trees" in discussion are a lot more hygienic than I had in mind. I had images in my head of chav's squatting high up in trees ready to do their business on any functioning members of society, for example those with jobs

They don't tie them, they just throw them up - they are usually way up in the tops of the trees.

Local initiative involves spray-painting poo piles that haven't been picked up, to "raise awareness" of the problem. 76 piles of poo around the children's play area. Disgusting, lazy people give responsible dog-owners a bad name.

People constantly moaning! It is really a downside to living here. We never appreciate what we have when we really don't know how lucky we are.

Sick of people moaning about the wet already. We have had a gorgeous long hot summer and it's been drizzly for a few days. OMG people, stop it!

We are lucky we don't have to deal with mud slides, hurricanes, major earthquakes, Tsunami's, volcanoes, wild fires, etc, etc....

I have no first hand experience of these poo trees to be honest but others seemingly have to regularly dodge them on a daily basis.

Never seen any either. There's very little dog poo on the pavements round here, maybe it's all the wet weather that flushes it away..

I cant see the dog poo for the litter and burnt out cars to be honest

True, round here they are the only road obstacles, forget driving them to an isolated area and torching them, just leave them on the nearest car park.

You're lucky, around here people are too poor to be able to burn cars.

The lazy don't 'sign on' as that would entail them going to the job centre and also being put on the work programmes. The lazy just live off their childrens welfare money - much less effort.

Or DNA?
a council in Lancashire became the first in the UK to look at using dog DNA to punish owners for the messy problem.
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Parish-c...ail/story.html

£1,000 fine for not picking up your dog's mess.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/95...er_their_pets/

Waiting for chris to spin this into something positive..

Obviously - chavs, pikeys and white dog turds.

Less flippantly... litter was always actually quite bad, I remember that before I left because I'd walk around a lot. Not that there isn't any litter in the US, but the whole 'adopt a highway' scheme at least means there are people out with their orange bags, picking it up.

But I remember even just walking around town there was a lot of litter by the side of the road, or on the beach. Old manky beer cans, crisp bags, car parts, nappies, the ubiquitous shopping trolley. I even saw a rubber johnny or two

So, litter made my corner of the UK crap. Well, that and the rise of Irish republicanism of course.

I used to see a lot of litter in rural TN and NC as I rode my bike around the countryside - although I didn't see much fly-tipping, like I see here (fridges and bags of rubbish). I think overall it was much worse than the rural litter I see here in the UK. In the US, it seemed almost like most people would wind down the window and throw their litter out of the car window,, rather than take it home and put it in the bin.

I haven't lived in a rural area here or there. I was comparing urban to suburban, so that might have something to do with it as well.

Yes, I find the opposite to be true in urban/suburban areas - in the US, towns seem to be almost immaculately manicured whereas here, there is more litter on the streets and general upkeep seems to be limited. In the US, rural areas seemed to be more run-down, especially in terms of litter. As you say, there is the Adopt a Highway scheme in the US which helps. We (bike club) used to keep a 2-mile stretch free of litter, that was part of our Tuesday night ride route.