What is considered litter? Before one can answer that, one must ask whether litter is an actual issue to the environment. According to Jean Scheid, from greenliving.lovetoknow.com, litter affects everything, from storm water drains to wildlife. Globally, litter kills life. In fact, according to Haley Wilhite from The Nature Conservancy, she states that plastics account for the deaths of more than one million seabirds, and 100,000 marine mammals every year. Some mammals rendered completely disabled from birth till death due to the buildup of plastics. One major area in particular that seems to be neglected is oceans. The Pacific Ocean holds the largest landfill in the world; estimating roughly the magnitude of Texas, and approximately 33 feet deep of plastics, buoyant waste, and other non-biodegradable material (Bush, 534).
How does this affect people? Scheid also states in her article that roads and highways can become dangerous when truck beds are not fastened down properly, causing debris to tumble out of the vehicle without the driver consciously knowing, leaving most passengers worried on unsafe roads. Not to mention how much it costs to clean; in …show more content…
As Stated by the North Carolina Public Safety, “The minimum fine for a first offense of littering is $250 with maximum fines going as high as $1000. Subsequent offenses can bring community service requirements and fines of up to $2000.” As one can see, littering does not go unnoticed and does cost a large sum of money. Even if one does not get caught littering, that does not mean they do not have to pay for it in the long run, because in the end, it is indirectly coming out of people’s taxes to clean it up. Littering is hard to break, however, making the right decisions and taking the right course of actions to prevent people from littering is necessary, and should be enforced appropriately. As John Wooden once said, “Character is who you are when nobody's
How does this affect people? Scheid also states in her article that roads and highways can become dangerous when truck beds are not fastened down properly, causing debris to tumble out of the vehicle without the driver consciously knowing, leaving most passengers worried on unsafe roads. Not to mention how much it costs to clean; in …show more content…
As Stated by the North Carolina Public Safety, “The minimum fine for a first offense of littering is $250 with maximum fines going as high as $1000. Subsequent offenses can bring community service requirements and fines of up to $2000.” As one can see, littering does not go unnoticed and does cost a large sum of money. Even if one does not get caught littering, that does not mean they do not have to pay for it in the long run, because in the end, it is indirectly coming out of people’s taxes to clean it up. Littering is hard to break, however, making the right decisions and taking the right course of actions to prevent people from littering is necessary, and should be enforced appropriately. As John Wooden once said, “Character is who you are when nobody's