Glad every thing turned out all right, and upright, Catmandoo. Good on ya'll for doing the clean-up.
I detest Litterbugs. If I were a cop, I would love to bust them. I would go out of my way to make each and every experience as memorable as possible for the offender.
Interestingly, much of what we get during a river cleanup is probably more than 60-70� accidental. Sometimes from overturned canoes. Sometimes from flooding due to major storms. Coolers, fence T-posts, 55 gallon drums, kid's play sets, chicken coops, tires, shoes, tents, awnings and "grass rugs" from RVs, fishing equipment, trailer parts, etc. These are probably not something people would intentionally throw in the river. Yes, we also get a large number of bottles, cans, etc.
Much of our same group also does road cleanup twice a year. We did our spring cleanup 2-3 weeks ago. That is near 100% intentional littering! Over our three mile stretch, we picked up many bags of beer bottles and cans. Same for soda bottles. But, I'm not sure how many major appliances, TVs, couches, chairs, etc., that we picked up. We find car batteries, and sometimes things like engines, transmissions, radiators, drive shafts, etc. We recently picked up a big pile of drywall pulled from somebody's remodeling project.
We've found a lot of interesting, and sometimes even gruesome pieces.
