Years ago there was a big drive about not dropping litter and it did make you stop and think.
I never drop litter, I think it is paramount to a sin.
As you say others don't think the same. People will also dump large amounts of rubbish where they think it won't matter or don't care, then that becomes a general dumping ground.
Where I live the council will come and collect 3 large items a year free of charge if you notify them and leave it in your front garden but people still dump stuff.
Dog mess is another. Our little dog died over three years ago but again we always picked up her poo. Others can't be bothered and that is disgusting.
I picked up a bottle from the piece of land I have taken under my wing, and then I put it in a nearby bin- visible only to me- and someone rode his bike into the back of me, on the pavement, and shouted at me and swore and blamed me and all sorts. I told him he should not be on the pavement, he was breaking the law..but still he carried on blaming me, presumably for not having eyes in the back of my head.
Didn't know picking up later had such dangers attached.
How infuriating! Didn't he look where he was going? Hope you weren't hurt!
i remember a while back when the local council in my area where implementing on-the-spot fines for littering. well, i have never seen or heard of anyone being fined - i guess it's virtually impossible to enforce.
there are bins situated every so often in estates, i just wish people would use them more often