DEAR ABBY: I have been a daily reader of your column since I was a little girl, so your answer to my question will be valued.
I eat an apple every day on my drive home from work, and when I'm done, I toss the core out the window. I try my best to support the Earth, and I believe I am feeding the rabbits and birds with my apple a day. Friends insist that what I'm doing is littering and helping neither the furry friends nor the environment. Can you help solve the debate -- to toss or not to toss? Thanks! -- AN APPLE A DAY
DEAR A.A.A.D.: I, too, love our furry and feathered creatures, but I agree with your friends. What you are doing is littering, regardless of how you're rationalizing it. If you truly want to support the Earth, keep a small container in your vehicle for the apple core and dispose of it when you get home.
I think it depends on where you "toss" it. If it's in the woods, no biggie. If you toss it on someone's front lawn or on the road, it's littering.
I may or may not have tossed banana peels into the woods while picnicking. I may or may not have tossed stale bread or apple cores into the woods. I may or may not have tossed chewed gum into my garden. I figure if it's biodegradable and not littering someone's personal property, it's fair game.
I live in a rural area so i would toss an apple core into the woods. I certainly would not toss out anything like a napkin,etc. And, I agree, i would not be tossing it on someone's lawn , etc.
I don't think an apple core, banana peel, or the like is littering unless it is in someone's yard. And I'm pretty much a zealot when it comes to not littering.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
An apple core takes approximately 7 days to biodegrade completely. Tossing an apple core is better than filling a plastic bag full of them then sending it to a landfill.
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I disagree with dear abby wholeheartedly on this. The apple core will biodegrade quickly and has no negative impact on the environment. It is NOT littering.
I disagree with dear abby wholeheartedly on this. The apple core will biodegrade quickly and has no negative impact on the environment. It is NOT littering.
Totally agree.
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I'd rather find an apple core than a cigarette butt in my yard.
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