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Why should we not litter in our community?
Littering can cause a variety of issues beginning with the environmental impact leading towards the disruption of a community’s good health and quality of lifestyle. It is important to keep your local community healthy and looking its best for today and future generations.
How is littering bad for the environment?
Litter is bad for the environment. It wastes our natural resources. When cans and bottles are discarded on the roadside instead of being recycled, more resources must be used to create cans and bottles from new materials.
How does littering affect local residents?
Littering can make or break a companys business. People living near fast food or businesses might live in a place not as clean as a city not near many businesses. Animals are very negatively affected by littering as well, especially sea animals or animals living in rivers because they are so greatly polluted.
How can we stop littering in the community?
Prevent litter everyday
- put your rubbish in a bin.
- take your rubbish with you if no bin is available.
- keep a bag in your car to collect rubbish.
- put your cigarette butt in a butt bin, or an ordinary litter bin when extinguished.
- keep a container in your car to collect cigarette butts.
How can we help stop littering?
No littering! Take your food wrappings, drink containers, newspapers and other potential litter home with you and dispose of it in your own trash or recycling carts, or use one of the 96-gallon bins provided in the city’s streets and parks. Do not throw trash out of your window!
How can we prevent littering?
How can the government stop people from littering?
Government Initiatives
- Reduction. Prohibition or Levy. Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics.
- Waste Management. Collection from Waste Generators. Proper Treatment and Disposal. Waste Reception Facility at Port.
- Recycling. Design for Recycling. Eco-labelling.
- Waste Collection from Rivers, Beaches, and Oceans.
How can littering affect human health?
In addition to water and soil pollution, litter can also pollute the air. Researchers estimate that more than 40% of the world’s litter is burned in the open air, which can release toxic emissions. These emissions can cause respiratory issues, other health problems, and even be a starting base for acid rain.
What are the harmful effects of littering?
Walking Green: 10 Harmful Effects of Litter It is estimated in that California spends 1 Billion dollars annually on litter clean up 7 Billion tons of debris enter the world oceans annually. An estimated 100,000 sea mammals and turtles are killed by plastic litter every year.
Why should we stop littering?
If “stupid” isn’t reason enough, here are some other reasons to stop littering: 1. Cleaning up litter costs US taxpayers and businesses $11.5 billion each year. That’s money that could have been used to improve roads and communities. 2. Litter in and alongside the road causes traffic accidents.
Why should people not litter?
It shows that you do not care about your environment or the wellbeing of other residents. Many people should have more respect for their surroundings and public areas. If you litter, others will not look at you as a worthwhile individual. These are viable reasons why you should not litter.
How does littering affect human health?
Litters can be breeding grounds for many disease causing insects and rodents. These can cause diseases in humans including malaria. These are sites of bacterial growth which can cause infection in human. It can make you sick.