City asks people to stop throwing their used gloves and masks in the street

By adamg on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 8:09pm

Boston Public Works employee cleaning up somebody's trash.

The Boston Public Works Department issued a plea today:

PWD crews are working very hard during this difficult time, but we need Boston residents to help. We continue to find discarded rubber gloves and masks on our sidewalks and streets.

Please be respectful of your neighbors and dispose of your trash properly. Don’t litter!

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Comments

Yes, please

By BobGoblin on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 8:17pm.

And also please stop fucking spitting on the sidewalks.

illegal in Massachusetts

By just walkin' on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 11:40pm.

https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/partiv/titlei/chapter270/sect...

"Whoever expectorates or spits upon any public sidewalk, or upon any place used exclusively or principally by pedestrians, or, except in receptacles provided for the purpose, in or upon any part of any city or town hall, any court house or court room, any public library or museum, any church or theatre, any lecture or music hall, any mill or factory, any hall of any tenement building occupied by five or more families, any school building, any ferry boat or steamboat, any railroad car or elevated railroad car, except a smoking car, any street railway car, any railroad or railway station or waiting room, or on any track, platform or sidewalk connected therewith, and included within the limits thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars."

oh

By cybah on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 8:44pm.

oh I see Boston now is Chelsea...

its been happening for years..

The parking lot of Stop and Shop

By StillFromDorchester on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 8:54pm.

Is littered with them.....some people are so inconsiderate.

Home Depot too

By anon on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 2:40am.

Star Market on Morrisey

By anon on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 9:02pm.

Yesterday in the Star Market parking lot there were more blue gloves than Dunkin cups. I guess we have to disinfect the bottom of our shoes now. Wtf?

Later in the day I went to the Bank of America in Fields Corner. Same thing. Blue gloves.

I normally pick up trash in

By anon on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 12:21am.

I normally pick up trash in my neighborhood. This hobby is currently on hold.

I wonder if this is partially

By dn on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 12:33am.

I wonder if this is partially a reaction to the trash cans being plastic wrapped? People may view the gloves and contaminated and don't want to carry them. Still, it is very anti-social.

Ugh

By anon on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 7:30am.

As IF I’m going to go near a public trash receptacles these days. And I’m helping to keep the person pictured employed. Have you ever had to take a mask off of your heel? GROSS!

Discarded gloves and masks

By anon on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 7:54am.

Are bad. Discarded needles, booze bottles and cigarette butts are worse.

Add cigarette and cigar butts to that too.

By Lee on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 8:16am.

And broken grocery cans.

By jmeltzer on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 8:35am.

Tomato sauce yesterday. It looked like vomit but (at least) wasn't.

I would like to add

By cw in boston on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 8:48am.

those disposable dental floss picks. I see those plastic picks on the ground everywhere. Do people really floss when they're walking down the street?

Discarded Dental Floss Picks

By anon on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 10:30am.

Those discarded dental picks are so prevalent everywhere I am wondering if they are being used as some kind of drug paraphernalia. I see them on the ground EVERYWHERE but I never see people actually using them. It's a mystery.

Can collectors

By Anon Anon non non on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 8:49am.

When will police and neighborhoods crack down on these people? Collecting garbage from 3 blocks in this time is such a health hazard. Crack down on these people NOW.