Dumping is also a matter of scale. In my experience the very large scale dumping gets a lot of attention for obvious reasons. It is also necessary to document and think about ways of coping with small scale dumping. This largely goes unnoticed but is so pervasive that it surely has a collective impact. In rural areas in particularly I have noticed small scale litter and plastics collecting in and around open spaces. While much of this is probably distributed randomly, the commons are a frequent location for dumping of this kind. Rarely however is dumping a matter that is discussed in our conversations around commons.
