Negative Essay: The Problem Of Littering In The Community

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Littering in the Community In our community, there are many people who just throw their trash on the ground senselessly. The more people who do it, the more trash there is on sidewalks and streets. Littering destroys the beauty of nature of the outdoors. This not only affects the people who live around us, but the future as well. The problem can be easily avoided if we make simple changes. Litter on the streets draw attention, and make communities around us look bad. When we think of nature, we think of it as beautiful and clean. This is not what is seen today. There is trash everywhere: in streets, on sidewalks, and other places where it should not be. Taking a walk should not require potato chip bags and soda cans to be stepped upon. When people are trying to sell their home, they want to make the community look as good as possible. In my own neighborhood, I’ve seen home sellers cleaning up the block so their property, as well as the neighborhood, looked nice. This littering problem can also affect the future environment. Soil cannot decompose plastics, and trash products such as cigarette butts have harmful chemicals that affect the soil. Wind carries the bottles, cans, and plastics, and they can end up in rivers, streams, and oceans close by. This is…show more content…
If children learn that littering is bad, they will obtain a good habit of throwing their trash into cans instead of on the ground. More organizations should promote throwing away trash so people understand the importance of keeping the environment safe. Volunteering to clean up streets and highways is a good way to help keep the community clean. Also, the fines for littering should be more intense. If people have to pay money out of their pocket for throwing trash carelessly in inappropriate places, then maybe they would just be responsible and throw their trash in

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