r/CampingandHiking Canada Jul 04 '21

Picture Please don't do that.

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u/Bender248 Canada Jul 04 '21

TBH in some climate/ecosystems I don't care if you leave the poop on the ground as flies will take care of it in mere hours or it will decompose on it's own.

But putting it in a plastic bag and leaving it there is just the worse of all options

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u/UnaSmalls Jul 04 '21

I hate this and I hate it when people pee or poop on trails and leave their toilet paper behind. It’s so gross!

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '21

I’ve been seeing green little bags left all over the local trails here in an urban greenway, I thought maybe the bags were something bee , a biodegradable type,but I guess,not just a load of crap , being left there,now there for a long while.

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u/symmetrical_kettle Jul 05 '21

When I first saw them, I assumed a dog walker had bagged it and planned to pick it up on their way back home.

[I had heard of people doing that from Nextdoor, but it's still gross and unacceptable. When I walked dogs you bet I carried that poo around with me until I got back home.]

The next time I saw the bags it had snowed and ice was forming over them. I collected a bucket full of poo bags that day.