Hey folks,
I've been planning to leave some trail magic in the form of a cooler near a trail crossing with some bottles of water and maybe some other goodies. However, I started pondering if I wanted to encourage a bunch of plastic bottles that might never get recycled or worse, get left around by folks who don't care to clean up after themselves.
NOT looking for debate over legitimacy of recycling, or a deep dive into LNT ethics etc etc please. JUST curious if, from your all's experiences, you've found that trail magic like this leads to more trash on the trail or not?
Cheers to you all in this beautiful Spring hiking weather
Dan P.