Dave Greenslit: As I pick up roadside trash, thoughts turn to biodegradable packaging

To the editor:

For the past several years, my wife and I have participated in Valley Pride Day. And each year, I'm surprised — though at this point I should not be — at the amount of trash we find along the roads once the snowbanks melt. We've picked up all kinds of stuff: cans and bottles, paper, pizza boxes, hypodermic needles, condoms, pieces of home insulation and this year, discarded medical masks. Of the empties we gather, Bud Light is the king of beers, and much of the paper trash originates at either McDonald's or Dunkin'.