Wilderness camps are blamed for the recent increase in human waste around popular attractions.
New Zealand law allows people to defecate in public as long as they think they are not being seen. But this will now be tightened by the Wildlife Camping Association in response to the accusation that hikers are responsible for a large portion of the human end product that occurs in nature.
According to the current legislation, it is a violation for a person to defecate or urinate in a public place (except for public restrooms), but if the offender can prove that he assumed for good reason that no one can see him, he can avoid a $200 fine (about 50,000 HUF).
The Responsible Camp Association will now tighten this regulation by stating that people must prove that they did their work at least 50 meters from the water’s edge and that they buried it at least 15 cm deep.
group spokesperson, Bob Osborne He says it’s not the behavior that is the problem, it’s the repercussions of that. Wilderness camps have been making headlines lately, as they are becoming more and more fashionable, and they are being blamed on human end products found in popular destinations. For this reason, several municipalities banned them from their territory.
According to Osborne, their current proposal could only be a short-term solution, and the long-term goal should be to create more public toilets.
