I've been saying it for years but I'll say it again. Ever since we started putting our rubbish into plastic sacks the number of insects has diminished. Back in the dirty old galvanized dustbin days each of them must have hosted a million bugs, tiny flying ones mostly. I also suspect the change in urban bird distribution is down to this. I suspect that rubbish treatment has become much more aseptic too.
I can even remember that out in the country the school had non flushing toilets which surely would have been a haven for all kinds of bugs.
Should we get dirtier again? We might even be more healthy for it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
