Is littering a form of ignorance?

I don't (entirely) buy arguments that these people are just selfish, stupid, irresponsible, dirty, ignorant or whatever adjective you want to label them with.**. It's more complex than ... read more

I'm personally aware of people whose only excuse to litter is they've never been caught by the authorities so they think nothing of passing the problem on to someone else. In each case, the offender knows that littering is a bad thing so I'd rule out ignorance right away. read more

The main causes of littering are laziness, ignorance, people don’t realize the effects of littering, the bins are dirty and not big enough, there are enough bins and moreover those bins aren’t emptied often enough, poor parenting and education, there is no fine for littering, one person can’t make a difference, no sense of pride, not bothered about effects of littering. read more