Getting Involved in the Community
There are many ways people come together and help the community, whether it is by donating, volunteering at churches, or at shelters. There is a problem that everyone should or need to know about, and that is littering. Littering happens everywhere and have caused problems in our parks, lakes, oceans, and the wilderness. It affects the environment in which we live in and of animals, too. By littering you're basically hurting or even killing animals that you adore because wastes can be dangerous to them. PETA, an American animal rights organization, wrote an article about litter. In the article it showed pictures of dead whales, and because there were so much plastics in their body they didn't make it. The …show more content…
Trash are thrown away because they are not needed anymore, and people are lazy to wait until they find a trash to throw it away. Many don't think that it affects the environment because nothing has happened to them yet, but it actually does. According to Juan in his article, "How does Littering Affect the Environment", he said that littering damages the places where we live, work, and play. No one is doing much to prevent litter because they don't think highly of it, people are only paying fines if they are caught littering, but that is useless because people don't really get caught. The minimum fine for littering on roadways and highways is $400. To avoid paying fees, don't litter because it can become a bad habit. To avoid making it a habit always remember to pick up trash whether it is on the way to school, work, or while taking a walk can make a difference. Always make sure to carry a bag and disposable gloves to help motivate us more into picking up trash whenever we see it. Donna Lawrence wrote an article about picking up 10 pieces of trash. World Expeditions is the program that Lawrence is referring to. World Expeditions believes that picking up litter is going to keep the wilderness clean. Their goal is to encourage travelers to pick up 10 pieces of trash while on a walk, and the bigger the group is, the more trash there is altogether, and they do not want to leave traces of trash, but instead traces …show more content…
Water pollution can harm the living things that drink or make it their home, such as sea turtles. The pollutants is mostly because of unwanted wastes and the problem is because it's us throwing trash away carelessly. According to Sea Turtle Inc., the commonly asked question is about sea turtles and why they are important. Sea turtles live in the sea, and that is their home, but we have been polluting their homes with disposing our unwanted trash and that harms them. Sea turtles are declining because they are mistaking our grabage as their food. "All too often, sea turtles mistake trash for the creatures that they prey upon" ( ). In the blog posted by Marine Litter Solutions, it talked about marine litter and the different types of it. "Marine litter is human-created waste that has been discharges into the coastal or marine environment" ( ). There are "roughly about 70 percent of marine litter, such as glass, metal, and all sorts of marine equipment" ( ). Because of littering, it can make its way into the waters that animals live in and can also cause harm to plants that need the water to
There are many ways people come together and help the community, whether it is by donating, volunteering at churches, or at shelters. There is a problem that everyone should or need to know about, and that is littering. Littering happens everywhere and have caused problems in our parks, lakes, oceans, and the wilderness. It affects the environment in which we live in and of animals, too. By littering you're basically hurting or even killing animals that you adore because wastes can be dangerous to them. PETA, an American animal rights organization, wrote an article about litter. In the article it showed pictures of dead whales, and because there were so much plastics in their body they didn't make it. The …show more content…
Trash are thrown away because they are not needed anymore, and people are lazy to wait until they find a trash to throw it away. Many don't think that it affects the environment because nothing has happened to them yet, but it actually does. According to Juan in his article, "How does Littering Affect the Environment", he said that littering damages the places where we live, work, and play. No one is doing much to prevent litter because they don't think highly of it, people are only paying fines if they are caught littering, but that is useless because people don't really get caught. The minimum fine for littering on roadways and highways is $400. To avoid paying fees, don't litter because it can become a bad habit. To avoid making it a habit always remember to pick up trash whether it is on the way to school, work, or while taking a walk can make a difference. Always make sure to carry a bag and disposable gloves to help motivate us more into picking up trash whenever we see it. Donna Lawrence wrote an article about picking up 10 pieces of trash. World Expeditions is the program that Lawrence is referring to. World Expeditions believes that picking up litter is going to keep the wilderness clean. Their goal is to encourage travelers to pick up 10 pieces of trash while on a walk, and the bigger the group is, the more trash there is altogether, and they do not want to leave traces of trash, but instead traces …show more content…
Water pollution can harm the living things that drink or make it their home, such as sea turtles. The pollutants is mostly because of unwanted wastes and the problem is because it's us throwing trash away carelessly. According to Sea Turtle Inc., the commonly asked question is about sea turtles and why they are important. Sea turtles live in the sea, and that is their home, but we have been polluting their homes with disposing our unwanted trash and that harms them. Sea turtles are declining because they are mistaking our grabage as their food. "All too often, sea turtles mistake trash for the creatures that they prey upon" ( ). In the blog posted by Marine Litter Solutions, it talked about marine litter and the different types of it. "Marine litter is human-created waste that has been discharges into the coastal or marine environment" ( ). There are "roughly about 70 percent of marine litter, such as glass, metal, and all sorts of marine equipment" ( ). Because of littering, it can make its way into the waters that animals live in and can also cause harm to plants that need the water to