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    need to change the way that people think of littering (especially plastic and you will find out why). In fact, if people would simply just stop littering, our world would be remarkably different; it could potentially be so different you might no recognize it! Our ecosystem today is greatly affected by our littering. Did you know that the littering we are doing is actually help with animals going extinct? The rate of animals dying (yearly) from littering is increasing greatly. Everywhere you…

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    A problem in our community is littering. It’s a problem because people don’t care about our community and thinks it’s alright to litter. People in our community litter because they’ll be driving down the road and don’t want to put it in their car so they will just throw it out the window. When they could just put it on their back floor if they have a car or in the bed of their truck if they have a truck. Most people think it’s alright to litter because they don’t think it harms…

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    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,…

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    The United States produces 254 million lbs of trash every year*. 1.4 million lbs of litter get dumped into the ocean yearly which amounts to the conservative estimate of 300 million lbs of litter in the ocean total**. Despite all the advertising and general knowledge that litter is bad, we still throw some of our trash on the ground as we walk by because "the trash cans are too far away" or "it's just a wrapper." It's hard to understand that our seemingly small decisions have a huge…

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    Littering has become an issue in my community over the last several years. About 5 years ago, an alteraine recreational vehicle club was developed by my home and with it came an increase in traffic thus, an increase in littering. During windy days, litter can be seen blowing along the roadways and into yards along the roadway. Everyone has heard the slogan “Keep America Beautiful”, but I never really thought about what that meant until now, when I see the changes in my own community. Litter…

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    Since the Earth is home to numerous animals, humans should take more responsibility and be more reluctant to dispose their trash on the sidewalk or the beach. The worst part of littering the ocean is that it affects marine organisms by increasing their mortality rate, forcing some species into extinction, and decreasing the biodiversity of animals. Therefore, as intellectuals able understand the importance of the preservation of…

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    no specific consequences behind littering here on campus, students abuse that privilege. One might think that it’s acceptable since there are no rules saying not to. However, there are state laws related to litter you can be fined $500 every time you litter n Texas (Texas Department of Transportation). Even though my University is private, I’m more than sure there’d be less litter scattered all over campus if there were affective rules given in relation to littering. Hence, there is an article…

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    Have you ever thrown a gun rapper on the ground? Or maybe dropped a piece of trash and just didn’t pick it up? Although these things are little the effects they have on our world are large. Littering negatively impacts sea life, our everyday life, and costs a ton to clean up. Discarding plastic products, including snack wrappers and grocery bags quickly fill up landfills and even clog drains. According to the “Statistic Brain Research Institute” 9 billion tons of litter are…

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    It may not be apparent to many when going about their day that they could potentially be breaking laws. Frank Trippett in his article claims that many people break laws everyday without even noticing it whether it be jaywalking, littering, or even just being too loud in a public domain. Some people would feel as if everybody should know the laws and know that, for example, jaywalking is illegal, many of us know this but for the young kids who have never been talked to or confronted by the police…

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    Littering is a big problem in the world, so big that 3.8 billion pounds of trash end up in the ocean every year. Littering is illegal, but the punishments don’t stop people from dropping that piece of trash instead of walking it over to the trash can. Littering happens everywhere, even in our national parks, polluting the air all over the world, and humans are the main factor. National parks are used for conservation and protecting land and animals, but they are slowly turning into landfills.…

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