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    Ways to Curb Littering

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    Ways To Curb Littering. As our population continues to increase rapidly ‚ it is important that humans become aware of the impact each one of us has on the world with our daily routines and habits. However ‚ public attention to the state of our environment remains front and center – and will likely stay that way for the next few eras. Westlake (1999 - 2012) highlighted that in 2009 ‚ a survey revealed that 75 percent of

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    If so‚ you have broken the law. Littering is against the law‚ but the crime is often ignored. There are many reasons why people litter‚ but in reality there is no excuse that justifies littering. A rebirth of the no littering campaign (capitalize No Littering when referring to the campaign) would keep our world clean‚ save money‚ and prevent accidents. Littering is a serious problem that people do not realize. Littering must be stopped. The rebirth of littering awareness- effective phrase would

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    2010 What is littering? Littering is defined as objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish. (“Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus” 157) Littering is a bigger deal than people make it out to be. Yes‚ we have prisoners and volunteers that work on the side of the road and pick up trash‚ but‚ that doesn’t make it right. No one likes a trashy yard‚ so why trash someone else’s? Carelessly discarding garbage affects everyone. Our waterways become damaged from litter‚ litter causes harm to people

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    everyday. Littering. Littering has become such a regular problem that almost nobody cares about it anymore. Littering is wrong‚ and really harmful to everyone and the environment. There are three reasons why I believe this is so. One of them the reasons is that over 9 billion tons of litter end up in the ocean each year. Another is that littering is a waste of money. Finally to people that smoke‚ littering cigars is very toxic to the environment. Litter in the Ocean Litter in the world causes a lot

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    litter because they do not feel responsible for public areas and that people usually litter outside of their neighborhoods where the trash becomes someone else’s problem. One example on how litter can affect the environment is that organic litter can cause water pollution and lead to algal blooms‚ and cigarettes could also start fires if they are not put out and then discarded in the environment. In Al Gore’s speech he talks about how in 7 years the North Polar ice cap might “fall off a cliff.” This

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    Littering is a public health issue because every time a person litter it adds to the degeneration of our planet. It is an important environmental issue. Every time a person litters it causes harm to the people and animals‚ damages our waterways‚ it cost us money‚ and it suggests that we do not care about the environment. Everyone is affected by the issue. There are several sources of littering. Pedestrians who drop garbage in the streets and roadways. Motorists litter by discarding garbage out of

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    Science 25MAY2012 Littering Littering today seems to be a huge environmental issue. Littering occurs when people are too lazy to throw trash or dispose of waste in the right manner. How many times have you seen a driver put their hand out their window to throw something out? Littering consists of throwing away candy wrappers‚ bottle‚ old electronic‚ household goods‚ cans and the list goes on. Littering affects many things in the environment. First‚ littering effects the humans. Anything

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    this issue out of all of the others is because littering in our community is very poorly taken care of and it needs to be improved and addressed. If the Improvement is made then human and animals can be safe and out of most harm way. Few things I will be Explaining about is how it effects us‚ how it can be improved‚ and finally how it can benefit us in our future. Littering can make or break our life as we know it today. My First subject against littering in our community is how it is going to affect

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    what should technically be called “litter.” The American Public Works Association defines litter as “…material which‚ if thrown or deposited‚ tends to create a danger to public health‚ safety and welfare.” Regardless of the item(s) littered‚ littering always has a negative effect on our environment. Common types of litter The amount of trash littered each year is getting closer every year to the amount of trash that was actually properly disposed of and billions of dollars have been spent

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    fuel combustion carbon oxide and aerosols have largely offset one another in recent decades‚ so that net warming has been due to the increase in non carbon oxide greenhouse gases such as methane. Lastly‚ Variations in solar variation have been the cause of past climate changes. solar forcing affect temperatures in different ways. While both increased solar activity and increased greenhouse gases are expected to warm the troposphere‚ an increase in solar activity should warm the stratosphere while

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