Most Common Roadside Trash

[KG4CGC]

Getting out on the main roads to walk the dog, I notice the type of trash on the roadside and there is a common theme going on.
#1 type of roadside trash is alcohol containers of all types.
#2 type is paper and styro-based food trash usually with a recognizable logo.
#3 is something is have been noticing for the last year and today I found some about every 1000 yards. Can you guess before you click?

[KA5PIU]

Hello.

Several states have relaxed the rules on needles so they are starting to become common again.
That is the very common 100 unit insulin.
http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CD8Q8wIwBA#

[KG4CGC]

Hello.

Several states have relaxed the rules on needles so they are starting to become common again.
That is the very common 100 unit insulin.
http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CD8Q8wIwBA#

Bullshit. People are afraid to dispose of them properly for fear of arrest so out the window it goes when no one is looking.

[ab1ga]

Bullshit. People are afraid to dispose of them properly for fear of arrest so out the window it goes when no one is looking.

Hajji Rudi is right: it's a 100 unit insulin syringe; I didn't think the 100 unit syringes were as common as the 50 unit syringes, but that may have changed with insulin pens.
Some states did consider making syringes over-the-counter (MA was one of them) to try and stop the spread of AIDS by needle sharing, but I don't know how many states actually went that far.
Then again, it could be some diabetic too broke or too cheap to buy a sharps container and take a drive to a drop-off point when it's full. Twenty-first century cigarette butts.

73,

[W4RLR]

Then again, it could be some diabetic too broke or too cheap to buy a sharps container and take a drive to a drop-off point when it's full. Twenty-first century cigarette butts.

73,

I use gallon milk containers.

[W1GUH]

Hajji Rudi is right: it's a 100 unit insulin syringe; I didn't think the 100 unit syringes were as common as the 50 unit syringes, but that may have changed with insulin pens.
Some states did consider making syringes over-the-counter (MA was one of them) to try and stop the spread of AIDS by needle sharing, but I don't know how many states actually went that far.
Then again, it could be some diabetic too broke or too cheap to buy a sharps container and take a drive to a drop-off point when it's full. Twenty-first century cigarette butts.

73,

[sarcasm] And what a blessed improvement! We all know that cigarette butts are some of the most toxic articles on this planet...much more dangerous than those sharp instruments that are capable of killing anyone (even empty, with a "bubble"). And even if ther's some dope left in 'em that's far safer and more acceptable that anything in a cigarette butt. [\sarcasm]

[ab1ga]

[sarcasm] And what a blessed improvement! We all know that cigarette butts are some of the most toxic articles on this planet...much more dangerous than those sharp instruments that are capable of killing anyone (even empty, with a "bubble"). And even if ther's some dope left in 'em that's far safer and more acceptable that anything in a cigarette butt. [\sarcasm]

Why the sarcasm? I made no comparison about which, if either, was acceptable.

[n2ize]

[sarcasm] And what a blessed improvement! We all know that cigarette butts are some of the most toxic articles on this planet...much more dangerous than those sharp instruments that are capable of killing anyone (even empty, with a "bubble"). And even if ther's some dope left in 'em that's far safer and more acceptable that anything in a cigarette butt. [\sarcasm]

You'll never find a syringe with dope left in it. Actually, all joking aside, pure dope is safer than cigarettes. Provided you don't overdose or get an infection from dirty needles, dope in and of itself won't do a fraction of the damage that cigarettes will. The 2 most damaging drugs, tobacco and alcohol, are the legal ones. Quite ironic.

[N9FE]

25 years makin road, After beer and soda cans, Shoes. Don't ask me why we found so many shoes, But we did.

[NQ6U]

25 years makin road, After beer and soda cans, Shoes. Don't ask me why we found so many shoes, But we did.

No cans or bottles here in CA. Since we pay a five-cent deposit on almost all soda and beer containers, most of them get brought back for the cash and the ones that are tossed get picked up quickly by homeless folks trying to make a dime for their bottle or fix.

I've noticed the shoe thing, though--that really is kind of odd. And it's always a single shoe, which makes me wonder what happened to it's mate.