Interconnectiveness
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Human drops six-pack plastic soda ring ring gets stuck around birds neck bird dies insects (caterpillars, earthworms, worms, etc.) begin to over populate
Litter can cause a lot of problems for the community. If a whole community were covered with litter, people would think differently of the community, because it would look like a huge dump. When the wind blows, a lot of the litter can travel to other places like the beach. That can be very dangerous for alot of the animals in the water, because they could think it would be food. They could choke on it, or even die. A lot of sea animals, assume shiny items would be food. Did you also know that uncollected litter helps attract more. Animals sometimes get trapped and poisoned because of garbage in their habitats. They also end up in rivers and canals, polluting water supply. Vermin’s and diseases are attracted to dirty places. Some places are breeding places for mosquitoes. Cigarette butts are also a huge threat to the environment.
The biggest source of litter is cigarette butts. Though small they can be very dangerous. The butts contain harmful chemicals, including arsenic, that can contaminate water and soil.
Cigarette butts, snack wrappers and take-out food and beverage containers are the most commonly littered items. Cigarettes are one of the most insidious forms of litter: Each discarded butt takes 12 years to break down, all the while leaching toxic elements such as cadmium, lead and arsenic into soil and waterways.
Litter can also trap, suffocate, strangle and poison wildlife
It affects local communities and the people who live there. It can also have a detrimental effect on the local economy and on tourism. walking my dog a mile i can easily count over 75 cigarette buds lying around
Of course, the environmental effects of litter are well known. Trash in the streets gets blown into the sewer system. From there, it clogs up the sewers and waterways or flows out into bays and
Human drops six-pack plastic soda ring ring gets stuck around birds neck bird dies insects (caterpillars, earthworms, worms, etc.) begin to over populate
Litter can cause a lot of problems for the community. If a whole community were covered with litter, people would think differently of the community, because it would look like a huge dump. When the wind blows, a lot of the litter can travel to other places like the beach. That can be very dangerous for alot of the animals in the water, because they could think it would be food. They could choke on it, or even die. A lot of sea animals, assume shiny items would be food. Did you also know that uncollected litter helps attract more. Animals sometimes get trapped and poisoned because of garbage in their habitats. They also end up in rivers and canals, polluting water supply. Vermin’s and diseases are attracted to dirty places. Some places are breeding places for mosquitoes. Cigarette butts are also a huge threat to the environment.
The biggest source of litter is cigarette butts. Though small they can be very dangerous. The butts contain harmful chemicals, including arsenic, that can contaminate water and soil.
Cigarette butts, snack wrappers and take-out food and beverage containers are the most commonly littered items. Cigarettes are one of the most insidious forms of litter: Each discarded butt takes 12 years to break down, all the while leaching toxic elements such as cadmium, lead and arsenic into soil and waterways.
Litter can also trap, suffocate, strangle and poison wildlife
It affects local communities and the people who live there. It can also have a detrimental effect on the local economy and on tourism. walking my dog a mile i can easily count over 75 cigarette buds lying around
Of course, the environmental effects of litter are well known. Trash in the streets gets blown into the sewer system. From there, it clogs up the sewers and waterways or flows out into bays and