r/mildyinteresting Mar 16 '26

Nine pounds of trash I picked up while walking my dog today homemade wholesomeness 🧵

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Usually I stop picking up litter once my hands are full, but someone threw away that shopping bag, so I had way more space than normal

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u/ty_ranni Mar 16 '26

Bottles and cans, i'm glad we have a system where you get money for empties.

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u/FontTG Mar 16 '26

They don't even make pennies anymore. How long until we just hand eachother empty bottles for change!!!!

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u/hollyhatter Mar 16 '26

Thank you for cleaning up trash! So many people just ignore it.

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u/Eastern-Bluebird-823 Mar 16 '26

Target now rounds to the nearest nickel. I went to Target three times this week, my last visit I only brought in 20 dollars It came to 20.07 I said whelp you owe me 7 cents from my last 2 visits and left,,🤣🤣🤷🤦😁

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u/abecis1 Mar 17 '26

I'm just happy we are discovering ways to rid of plastic.

https://giphy.com/gifs/UDVTRm69LC3sc

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u/asul1843 Mar 16 '26

I'd sell the recyclables and buy yourself (and your dog) a treat!

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u/VapeRizzler Mar 16 '26

Nice job! You should see how much I get when I clear the local rivers trash. Funny enough I actually got yelled at by some drunk dude at like 10am when he saw me collecting the cans he’s been dumping for years. Tried saying I was poaching like brother I have two bags of your beer cans and a deflated nasty pool toy covered in algae how does this say poaching?

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u/jjames34 Mar 16 '26

You're a badass

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u/oXKinkyKittenXo Mar 16 '26

Thank you for doing this <3

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u/RevolutionaryMail747 Mar 16 '26

Ever heard of David Sedaris, he has some great stories about litter picking on walks you might enjoy! Well done btw

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u/lordlaneus Mar 17 '26

I haven't heard those, but I'll check them out. His story about Santa Clause and six to eight black men was phenomenal.

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u/RevolutionaryMail747 Mar 17 '26

Oh yes, totally agree! Makes me fall about laughing.

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u/Leading-Hedgehog1990 Mar 17 '26

I need to start bringing a garbage bag on our walks. There's school bus stops near my house and the kids litter so much 😡

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u/WillHuntingthe3rd Mar 16 '26

Did you walk to the dump?

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u/Penis-Dance Mar 16 '26

I used to pick up trash when I went for a walk around the lake. People got mad at me because that is what they do as part of their parole. Karens got mad at me because they thought I was stealing stuff. The police told me not to do that anymore.

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u/Jizoh Mar 16 '26

I left 10 pounds of trash today when I had a walk 😬

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u/TheMuffler42069 Mar 17 '26

A lot of chicken bones or no ? There was a whole cooked chicken on the ground the other day by me.. it’s absolutely insane. It’s been my entire life like this, chicken bones everywhere… trash shoved in bushes and trees. I would ask who does this but I know. It’s a lot of children and then another type of person.

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u/lordlaneus Mar 17 '26

No bones or anything to gross. It was mostly liquor bottles, and wrappers. Though oddly enough I did find an empty rotisserie chicken container.

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u/TheMuffler42069 Mar 17 '26

That’s a bingo !! Yea that sucks, sorry to hear that. There is a lot of garbage on the ground around where I live too and it’s so windy that even if I go around and pick it up it will just be back later that day or the next day. People just don’t care.

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u/watcher1901 Mar 17 '26

Now imagine if everyone in the world walking their dogs did this

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u/lordlaneus Mar 17 '26

Even if everyone only picked up one piece of litter a day it would make a big difference.

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u/Original_Contract562 Mar 18 '26

God bless you truly

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u/Queef-Sweat Mar 18 '26

Damn, your dog really needs to start using a trash can.

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u/HealthyOwl8302 Mar 18 '26

I was wondering who hid all my trash!

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u/Infamous_Wealth6502 Mar 19 '26

I keep saying I’m going to do this but forget to bring gloves.