Thursday 19 October 2017
Litter, Litter, Everywhere
Bethany Grade 11 World Issues student
https://www.google.ca/search?q=littering+near+ocean&rlz=1CADEAC_enCA767CA767&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWt_eMj_3WAhUBzIMKHRouAIAQ _AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=670#imgrc=2pj79iy_RcRJFM:
Did you know, 9 billion tons of litter ends up in the ocean, all in just 1 single year. That is over 1000 blue whales put together. And just one whale weighs 300 000 lbs. Over $11.5 billion is spent in just 1 year to clean up the litter. This much money can be used for more pressing issues like health care, but no. We humans can't find a way to properly find a way to get rid of our trash responsibly.

There are many problems in this world because of the fact that people don't know how to dispose trash properly. Littering causes a lot of environmental issues. Like the wild life. Animals can not tell the difference between food and a bag that had food in it, so they eat it and get sick and die. Many people are very unaware that dropping something on the ground can affect our world very much. Littering is as simple as not picking up after your dog.
I never really understood how much littering can affect our world now, and in the future. If we don't stop littering our future could look like this:
  • Human illnesses
  • Global warming
  • Economic effects
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   https://www.google.ca/search?q=littering+statistics+2017&rlz=1CADEAC_enCA767CA767&source =lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip75Tdjf3WAhXJ54MKHY5cABgQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=670#imgrc=QzyHp_AHAz82oM:



If you are a human then you have 100% have littered before. Littering has been around since garbage was around, so pretty much since the beginning of time. One of the biggest problems about littering is the litter ending up in the ocean where thousands of animals die from all the garbage.

Overall, I would really like to see change in this world over the topic littering because I feel like it is not a hard issue to overcome since we can easily fix this issue by finding a trash receptacle and getting rid of garbage there. So take the extra time and hold onto your trash until you find a garbage.

References
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Edwards, C. (2017, June 13). Future Effects of Pollution. Retrieved from https://www.livestrong.com/article/268337-future-effects-of-pollution/
Eye-Opening Statistics on Littering. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://visual.ly/community/infographic/environme (litter statists)  nt/eye-opening-statistics-littering
King, L., & Marshall, L. (2015, September 27). 9 Interesting Facts and Statistics about Littering. Retrieved from http://www.litteritcostsyou.org/9-interesting-facts-and-statistics-about-littering/
King, L., & Marshall, L. (2015, September 27). 9 Interesting Facts and Statistics about Littering. Retrieved from http://www.litteritcostsyou.org/9-interesting-facts-and-statistics-about-littering/
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