Kicker: Trashing litterbugs

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: We’ve all seen “do not litter” signs with warning about fines. That didn’t seem to work in one town on Long Island, though. So it has a new strategy: trash-talk those litter bugs!

New signs pose a question to litterers as to why they are dumping trash in public. A few multiple choice options include “I am lazy,” and “I don’t care about natural areas.” Or this one:

RICHARD SHAFFER: Your mommy still picks up after you.

That’s Richard Shaffer, city supervisor of Babylon, New York, speaking with CBS News.

If these passive aggressive signs don’t work? Babylon city government is also posting videos of faux meetings for “litterers anonymous” and showing a character called “karma” dumping trash in the yard of an offender.

SHAFFER: And so we want to basically show people that if you are littering, you're doing something totally irresponsible and immature.

I guess if you can’t beat ‘em… shame ‘em.

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