The effects of litter on school campus
Anybody would feel complete sadness if they were to see a dead dog strangled to death by a plastic bag on the side of the road but what about other wildlife creatures ? LItter causes more harm than we really know. Litter causes many damages all around communities because it affects the environment, the communities overall reputation, and it is very expensive to clean up.
What environmental damage is caused from litter?
As the rise in trash amounts continue to increase more and more of our environment and wildlife continues to die off. “Litter isn’t just unsightly: It can cause vehicle accidents and injuries, smoother plants, start fires and harm or kill animals.” (Susan Revermann) Most trash found laying …show more content…
When asked how trash negatively impacts schools reputations we got answers like, “Well I think it’s really unfortunate when people, parents, community members came out to support some sort of athletic event football, soccer, lacrosse games that are out here, a track meet that’s out here and there’s trash everywhere and it’s all form our students at lunch.” (Ms.Weber 9th grade english teacher/coach) When we see people in our society litter it shows that we as a community don’t care about our image or the fact that the area around us is dirty. Which depletes our communities good reputation. When students are asked about their opinion on litter around school campus according to 11th grader Alexis Oliver, “ It’s like why are you going to litter here but not your own home? It’s just not the way a school place should be treated.” Here’s the question we should all be asking ourselves is litter a bad thing or a good thing? Well based on Alexis Oliver if you can’t live in a dump at your own home why should schools be the next option, considering you live there for up to 9-10 months a year? It can be very disgraceful and unfortunate to the community when litter is left on the ground, but, as Ms.Weber has stated this can all be changed if the community takes the time to mature about their actions and grow together as humans and keep …show more content…
Litter Cost You found recent studies that reveal, in fact, that 11.5 billion dollars is wasted away each year in the effort to clean up litter. 11.5 billion dollars is a lot of money that could've helped out the community with our roads, bus stations, traffic light repairs but was instead used to clean up litter left around by citizens around our community. “According to KAB, littering coats the U.S $ 11.5 billion every year. Not included in this estimate are the indirect costs of littering, including decrease in property values, commerce and tourism as well as the health effects of this form of waste.” (Earth 911) With more litter there is more money lost, from people who are already struggling to pay bills and taxes as it is so why should this be added to the increasing amount of bills we already pay? Susan Revermann (2017) states that federal governments spend millions of dollars on litter, costs for these efforts could greatly be decreased and used more towards environmental projects , if more people disposed of their garbage properly. The main consequence to people littering is that others around the community are forced to spend their money to get rid of the litter left around, when this all could be effectively avoided if more people were being held accountable for their actions when they decide
Anybody would feel complete sadness if they were to see a dead dog strangled to death by a plastic bag on the side of the road but what about other wildlife creatures ? LItter causes more harm than we really know. Litter causes many damages all around communities because it affects the environment, the communities overall reputation, and it is very expensive to clean up.
What environmental damage is caused from litter?
As the rise in trash amounts continue to increase more and more of our environment and wildlife continues to die off. “Litter isn’t just unsightly: It can cause vehicle accidents and injuries, smoother plants, start fires and harm or kill animals.” (Susan Revermann) Most trash found laying …show more content…
When asked how trash negatively impacts schools reputations we got answers like, “Well I think it’s really unfortunate when people, parents, community members came out to support some sort of athletic event football, soccer, lacrosse games that are out here, a track meet that’s out here and there’s trash everywhere and it’s all form our students at lunch.” (Ms.Weber 9th grade english teacher/coach) When we see people in our society litter it shows that we as a community don’t care about our image or the fact that the area around us is dirty. Which depletes our communities good reputation. When students are asked about their opinion on litter around school campus according to 11th grader Alexis Oliver, “ It’s like why are you going to litter here but not your own home? It’s just not the way a school place should be treated.” Here’s the question we should all be asking ourselves is litter a bad thing or a good thing? Well based on Alexis Oliver if you can’t live in a dump at your own home why should schools be the next option, considering you live there for up to 9-10 months a year? It can be very disgraceful and unfortunate to the community when litter is left on the ground, but, as Ms.Weber has stated this can all be changed if the community takes the time to mature about their actions and grow together as humans and keep …show more content…
Litter Cost You found recent studies that reveal, in fact, that 11.5 billion dollars is wasted away each year in the effort to clean up litter. 11.5 billion dollars is a lot of money that could've helped out the community with our roads, bus stations, traffic light repairs but was instead used to clean up litter left around by citizens around our community. “According to KAB, littering coats the U.S $ 11.5 billion every year. Not included in this estimate are the indirect costs of littering, including decrease in property values, commerce and tourism as well as the health effects of this form of waste.” (Earth 911) With more litter there is more money lost, from people who are already struggling to pay bills and taxes as it is so why should this be added to the increasing amount of bills we already pay? Susan Revermann (2017) states that federal governments spend millions of dollars on litter, costs for these efforts could greatly be decreased and used more towards environmental projects , if more people disposed of their garbage properly. The main consequence to people littering is that others around the community are forced to spend their money to get rid of the litter left around, when this all could be effectively avoided if more people were being held accountable for their actions when they decide