WTF is with all the trash all over the National Mall? Geeze I expected

[BR_Parkway]

better than that

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Some of those people had been there for many, many hours..

Guess they forgot about cleaning up after themselves..

[Belial]

2. nice and classy.. sigh

[Xithras]

3. No, it's expected. There are NO GARBAGE CANS.

Garbage cans are considered a security risk at an event like this. A few coordinated people with nothing more than Bic lighters could cause a stampede with a few flaming cans. They also tend to be attractive hiding spots for bombs and things.

The simple solution is to just let the people litter and pick the trash up afterward.

[Orsino]

11. Damn. Who was president when the trash cans would have been ordered?

Oh, yeah.

[file83]

4. Think POSITIVE: It creates jobs!! Someone has gotta pick that stuff up.

;-P

[Vickers]

5. That's Freedom Trash©, my good man!

:spank:

[ThomWV]

6. A lot of it left in the helicopter

[devilgrrl]

7. Guess there wasn't enough room to place trash cans?

:shrug:

[Ocracoker16]

10. Trash cans are a security risk

They remove them when there is a large event like this one. The same thing happens for the Fourth of July fireworks on the mall.

[WilliamPitt]

8. 2 million+ people are going to make a mess.

Our anti-Iraq protests there made equal messes.

[lonestarnot]

9. Well dugh! Job security for many!