I spent some time today cleaning a local forest as an act of devotation / worship and while doing so i realized that i don't actually see a lot of advice on how to litter pick responsibly in heathen / pagan spaces just the advice to litter pick.
So here's my advice
- check if there's legislation around litter picking in your area [yes sometimes that's a thing] especially if you're planning to do more then just a trash bag a go or doing this as a group!
- make sure there's a place to dispose of the trash you picked up before you start!
- set a rule to yourself to not touch anything duiring litter picking with your hands get a litter picker or some really good gloves [if using gloves don't touch yourself w those]
- duiring litter picking i adhear to the idea that there is only trash and nature there is no shiny things you want to take home even if thst thing you found is really cool.
- fruit cores, fruit peels ect that do not appear naturally in the area you're cleaning are considered trash as well.
-i like to stick to places where i know a lot of people come and go, major paths the enterence of a park ect litter picking for me is spent inna different part of nature then when i go into nature for my own walks. I want to prevent the trash that gets discarded here from finding it's way further into the forest where it will be harder to clean later.
- stick to it! Stick to it in the same area and slowly expand that area it took me 20 minutes to fill up my first trash bag now it takes me over an hour in that same area!
Yes i'm aware most of this is probably considered common sense by a lot of people , but i want to see it be spoken about more so here i am screaming into the well
If you litter pick too tell me the weirdest thing you've found!! Mine's a Pikachu wallet stuffed with kitkat wrappers that all fell out when i grabbed it :')
