"Alan Bell" wrote in
news:PMHfc.142120$gA5.1701704@attbi_s03:

We're cool and the best of friends. This didn't set off WWIII. But
after talking about it, we are curious as to what others think is
proper. We tried to put this into newsgroups that would tend to favor
one and the other position.

When I was a kid on going camping trips, I remember that someone would
inevitaby throw down an apple core, orange peel, or some other
biodegradable trash. The counselors would always make them pick it up,
pointing out that while it may be biodegradable, its also unsightly, and
visual pollution counts, too. Their rule was that we could either pack it
out of the woods with the trash, or bury it, but either way the next guy
down the trail got to see the woods free of trash, biodegradable or not.

So if your neighbor wants to bury the orange peels, then by all means,
leave them outside. But the next person shouldn't have to look at something
that visually isn't too different from a candy wrapper.