Is it littering to throw out produce?

Question

I consider littering from the standpoint of what is environmentally safe, and what does not cause a distraction.

To me, natural produce is not littering. Really thowing a banana hull down is not littering. However, for a professionally kept lawn, i would consider it littering and distastful. While i would consider small pieces of paper as litter, small pieces of orange peel, i would not consider litter unless it caused a distraction or looked like trash.

So to me, if i throw out green grapes on a green lawn that is not littering. It is all natural, it will not smell and it doesn't distract. If i had lettuce with no articifical products on it, and i throw it on the ground that is not littering because it is a PLAIN LEAF! The stem that grapes come on is not littering either, waht is the difference between it and a twig?

However, i understand that the law of the land may not make appropriate distinctions so I post this question--what exactly is LITTERING???

Answer 1

Littering is the obvious...throwing trash on the ground. However, I don't see a cop writing you a ticket for throwing a bananna peal on side of the road. However, if you were in the middle of the parking lot where it obviouly wouldn't go back into the earth and just sit there and rot and cause a mess then yes it would be littering!

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Answer 2

nah. it came out of the ground to begin with.

Answer 3

Litter could be compared to weeds. A weed is "any" plant in the wrong place or wrong time. Throwing a banana peel in the ditch would be OK, throwing it on a busy sidewalk wouldn't. Any cop having a bad day would probably give you a ticket for either. RScott

Answer 4

It might not be considered littering, but in my neighborhood you would have every rat, coyote, bobcat, bunny and mouse in the area at the all you can eat buffet of produce disposed of on your front lawn.  Certainly they wouldn't consider it litter either.

Answer 5

Litter is waste disposed in the wrong place by unlawful human action. waste is unwanted or undersired material or substance. Biodegradable waste( food waste or sewage) must be controlled or can also cause a number of problems also.