AITA – when I’m done consuming fruit I will often toss it outside into nature to biodegrade. In my mind if it sits in a bag it will still break down into various greenhouse gases. If I am home I toss it in a compost pile. I recently had someone say something to me about "littering" a banana peel, she seemed pretty serious. When I toss it I go for a bush or dirt, not just leaving it in the middle of the street. I occasionally think of the scene from Billy Madison where Adam Sandler throws the banana peel early on the field trip, then later the O’Doyles crash on the same banana.
I mean I’m going to go with yes YTA if it doesn’t naturally grow there then it doesn’t belong there.
You’re not tossing your food waste in your own garden
YTA. No one wants to look at your garbage. No one wants the rodents around that it will attract.
Take your damn banana peel & set it on your lawn. Then, watch how long it takes to degrade & sink into your lawn. Throw your trash into the correct receptacle, asshole.
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YTA, no one wants to see rotted food where they go. If you want to compost it, bring it to your own compost pile.
YTA, half-eaten food is still litter.
YTA. Leave no trace is the standard rule. By throwing food scraps outside like that you are encouraging pests like rats and other vermin to start foraging, and it becomes a disease vector. Also in no way is this scalable, you only think it’s okay because no one else is. Imagine if it’s okay to do it, everyone who has a banana for breakfast, or an apple or whatever started tossing their trash it would be a problem fast.
There’s a reason civilization has created infrastructure to handle garbage and waste.
I’m sure people and businesses just LOVE your moldy banana peels stinking up their bushes.
This was sarcasm. They don’t love it. It doesn’t naturally grow there and would smell as it decomposes. This smell might be unpleasant or attract rodents. It would also be off putting to look at.
What if everyone who walked by stuck a banana peel in that bush? If it seems like it would be a bad thing if there were 50 banana peels there, you should not put 1 banana peel there. Repeat this logic with apple cores, peach pits, orange peels, etc. YTA.
If you’re just tossing it anywhere, then YTA for littering
Food scraps can attract bugs and rodents, along with leaving the rotting debris to spread bacteria.
Put it in your own compost pile if you’re that concerned
YTA. Just because it’s biodegradable doesn’t mean it’s okay to litter it. I often see orange peels on mountain hikes. It’s so disgusting and selfish. A chicken carcass is biodegradable too, do you want to see that under a bush at your house?
It attracts mice and rats. Looks unsightly. If everyone did it the place would soon smell like a midden.
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YTA. An area has the type of and quantity of decomposers to handle the typical volume of native materials it sees. A single random banana peel is not going to get fully decomposed before it turns gross and stinky just because it’s sitting on some dirt. Instead someone has to come around and clean it up, at which point it ends up in the trash anyway. So either throw it away or wait until you can find an actual compost bin.
If you were really that fussed about the environment you would be taking the scraps home to place in your compost pile not tossing them everywhere you absolute asshole.
YTA.
YTA. Imagine if everyone did this and how much rotting food would be everywhere. Take it home if you prefer composting. You’re likely attracting animals and bugs. Rotting food stinks.
Please educate yourself on the process of biodegrade. It can take two years for a banana peel and six months for an apple core to decompose (not in a compost heap). and throwing out seeds in a place where they’re not native is bad for the environment. There’s a reason that hikers follow the “leave no trace” rule.
Please throw your trash in a proper trash bin or wrap it up and take it home with you to put on a compost heap.
YTA