Also, I work for a company in a highly regulated industry, and trust me, it is HIGHLY regulated. The amount of money that goes into making sure every ounce of even slightly dangerous material ends up in the proper place is mind-boggling.
The response to anti-littering campaigns was something unique.
It seemed that the instant it was pointed out to us not to throw trash out the window, we suddenly saw it clearly and stopped, all of a sudden we could look at the trash on the side of the road and realize that we should not throw out our burger wrappers and car garbage, it was an instance of the pre-immigration Americans having something brought to their attention and us collectively going gee, you are right, we just hadn’t thought of it.
Something that only oldtimers will remember is how broken glass was everywhere, at the lake, at the river swimming place, just about anywhere men could break their beer bottles or shoot them on the edge of the water or camp-ground, or whatever, and the kids would routinely get hellish glass cuts on their bare feet during family outings, nasty, deep, stitches required cuts.