Trash and debris along our roadways here in Hernando County is pretty common. You cant really look anywhere and not see people’s discarded trash. Most of the trash you find is substance related, alcohol containers, cigarette packaging, smokeless tobacco containers, as well as lots of plastic bottles, but recently while out for an early morning bicycle ride to get a little fresh air and exercise, I found this discarded glove.

During this time where the majority of the public is worried about contracting COVID-19, I’ve seen people wearing gloves in public to pump gas, or open public doors. I’m guessing they do not want to transfer an illness to themselves or their family, and I applaud you for taking protective measures. I’m wondering though, does this mean that we will now see protective gloves discarded as litter? I certainly hope not.

Gas stations typically have trash bins located between the gas pumps and most stores will have trash bins located in front of the store. I would hope that when someone takes precautions to keep themselves healthy, they would also take precautions to keep the rest of us healthy by using a proper trash receptacle to deposit their used gloves.

For the sake of argument, we’ll assume this is a clean glove that just got away from someone with a gust of wind, and hope this is not a sign that we will see discarded gloves along with our current substance related trash here in Hernando County. Please protect yourself, but also please protect your fellow man too by discarding your trash in it’s proper place, a trash can.

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A discarded glove litters the right-of-way along U.S. Highway 19 in Hernando County, Florida.