Where
There's Litter, There's Death
People should
not litter! Where there's litter there's death! The U.S.
produces 250 million items of trash a year on land only. Because of
this, millions of animals and plants die every year just in the U.S.
Litter kills animals, sea creatures, and even plants. Some people
even call littering murder.
Sea creatures
can be harmed or even be killed by litter. Nine billion tons of trash
are put into the oceans and seas a year! Many sea creatures die every
year from lost nets, plastic bags, and even abandoned fishing poles.
They mistake litter as other fish and attempt to interact with or eat
the litter which causes them to get stuck and die of starvation or
suffocation.
Millions of
animals die from litter in the U.S. They confuse plastic bags,
wrappers, and common litter with prey or something to play with, and
eat the trash. Sometimes the animals crawl in jars, bags, or bottles
and get stuck; which, just like sea creatures, they will also die
from starvation or suffocation.
Litter poisons
plants and affects the growth and development of them. Neighborhoods
that have a large amount of litter are known to be uglier and less
desirable mostly because the litter prevents plants from appearing.
Also neighborhoods that keep their roads clean and have little litter
have the opposite effect than dirty neighborhoods.
If everyone
would throw trash in waste baskets, recycling bins, and trash cans
instead of littering, the world would be beautiful and safe. Animals
and sea creatures would live cleaner and more secure lives, and
plants would be in every neighborhood. If you want a world like that,
YOU have to stop people from littering!
