That's Garbage!

  The Beatles song, Fixing A Hole, speaks of a wandering mind. Guess what? I have one! (Mind, not song). So today, while my mind was wandering, I was taking the trash barrel out to the curb for pick up and wondered; "When did trash pickup start?" So, got back to my Google to find out about it. Thanks to Wikipedia, I learned that the concept of organised community trash pickup started in England in 1751. So my inquiring mind was quenched for the time being.
  Way back in the olden days when I was a kid (1950's), I remember candy wrappers and the like being tossed out the car window while we happily motored along. No thought given to it.Somewhere along the line, Humanity (at least most of it I hope) developed a conscience and littering was generally no longer acceptable. If I have any virtues, one is that I do not and will not litter, unless it is biodegradable. I have no problem ditching a banana peel!
  A couple times I have seen someone in a parked car toss out litter onto the ground. Both times I walked up to the car, picked up the offence and hand it back to the individual and politely say "Excuse me, you dropped this." Fortunately they weren't wrestlers or boxers.
  Of course, littering is only one aspect of protecting the environment, but important.
  So to all those who do there best to protect Mother Earth, good for you!

I see litter as part of a long continuum of anti-social behaviour. Bill Bryson