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Why Do I Have to Deal With Random Trash?

It has become a frustrating pattern. I walk out my front door only to see some marketing material stuffed in the screen door or thrown on the lawn. This seems to happen almost every day and I'm sick of it. It is a waste of paper and my time. If I spent 2 minutes a day dealing with the trash, that is about an hour a month and half a day a year. This doesn't seem like much, but when you consider that some business is paying for a miniscule percentage of callbacks, the city having to recycle or deal with the trash and the folks walking around stuffing my door, it becomes clear that the cost to society seems far from negligable.

My point is that it is my home and I should be able to say what goes in terms of littering. If a kid drops a candy wrapper on the driveway, that kid is doing something wrong. I don't see the difference in an adult taking a larger piece of trash and attaching it to my screen door as much different.

I suppose I could put up a sign saying anyone found littering advertising materials on this property will be fined, but I doubt collecting would be manageable. It wouldn't suprise me if a advertising invoice came across some businesses desk they would pay it without really even looking. The problem is that doesn't get me any closer to stopping the massive amount of flyers and coupons dealt to my walkway. Spam sucks, but at least you don't have to dig in the shrubs to get it out, only to drop it off in the recycling, that is assuming it hasn't been rained on.

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