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04/11/13 Hold On To Your Butt
In the early 20th century, the act of littering was a general and frequent thing for many Americans. In their era, there wasn’t enough education and proper techniques to teach people the appropriateness of keeping a clean and healthy planet. The worlds littering standards have come a long way since then. In our present time today, throwing unwanted trash into the street rather than into a trashcan where it belongs, is inadmissible and unlawful. You can be subject to pay a large sum of a fine and be cited if you are caught participating in the act of littering. However, despite the consequences of littering, one item that is most often viewed as a regular routine is the tossing of cigarette butts into the environment. The littering of cigarette butts seems to be accepted by our society. These tossed cigarette butts can be found everywhere in our local streets and it is extremely harmful to our environment. You can probably find a cigarette butt on the ground, in a bush, in the cracks of sidewalks, and just about every other place that trash can find their way into. Cigarette butts are the most hazardous especially when the butts find their way towards our beautiful beaches and make their way into our marine life organisms and habitats. These toxic butts cause a huge environmental and economical impact to our beaches and water quality, and often lead aquatic creatures to their death in our marine life.
The littering of toxic cigarette butts has become a worldwide epidemic and is the most commonly discarded piece of waste found worldwide. “It is estimated that 1.69 billion pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year, creating an enormous environmental, health, and economic burden”(Cigarette Butt Waste). It is indescribable as to how many cigarette butts 1.69 billion pounds actually is. This shows that people who smoke cigarettes really have no regard and have no idea of what
In the early 20th century, the act of littering was a general and frequent thing for many Americans. In their era, there wasn’t enough education and proper techniques to teach people the appropriateness of keeping a clean and healthy planet. The worlds littering standards have come a long way since then. In our present time today, throwing unwanted trash into the street rather than into a trashcan where it belongs, is inadmissible and unlawful. You can be subject to pay a large sum of a fine and be cited if you are caught participating in the act of littering. However, despite the consequences of littering, one item that is most often viewed as a regular routine is the tossing of cigarette butts into the environment. The littering of cigarette butts seems to be accepted by our society. These tossed cigarette butts can be found everywhere in our local streets and it is extremely harmful to our environment. You can probably find a cigarette butt on the ground, in a bush, in the cracks of sidewalks, and just about every other place that trash can find their way into. Cigarette butts are the most hazardous especially when the butts find their way towards our beautiful beaches and make their way into our marine life organisms and habitats. These toxic butts cause a huge environmental and economical impact to our beaches and water quality, and often lead aquatic creatures to their death in our marine life.
The littering of toxic cigarette butts has become a worldwide epidemic and is the most commonly discarded piece of waste found worldwide. “It is estimated that 1.69 billion pounds of butts wind up as toxic trash each year, creating an enormous environmental, health, and economic burden”(Cigarette Butt Waste). It is indescribable as to how many cigarette butts 1.69 billion pounds actually is. This shows that people who smoke cigarettes really have no regard and have no idea of what