The Habit Of Laziness Littering Kareem Al - Khushashi Contents: 3. Introduction 4. What is litter 5 Causes of Littering 6 Laziness and Carelessness 7 Effects of Littering on the environment 8 Effects of littering on Humans 9 Governments actions towards littering 1 0 Solutions to prevent litter 1 1 wake up facts ‘ Introduction T his booklet talks about littering and how does it affect us as human beings and how does it affect the environment as well Goal: the goal of this booklet is for teenagers of the ages 14 - 18 to be aware and take a step in t he development of our community by stopping one of the worst environmental crimes that we people do. A main Question that the booklet looks forward to answer is: what is the impact of decision making on the environment? What is litter Litter ing is throwing waste in an unnecessary place that will eventually damage the instead of throwing them in garbage bags, or trash containers Littering can demolish towns, cities and even countries , as well as it’s a very unhealthy habit that can affect us in many ways possible, and as it’s a main source of pollution nowadays Littering can be called as the habit of laziness as a main cause of people littering is people just being lazy and not throwing trash where its supposed to. Causes of litter There are many causes that make people litter , some of them are: 1 - Lack of public trash cans People who are usually outside walking or doing activities or having fun need to have a high / acceptable amount of public trash cans aroun d, as having trash cans around them will decrease the possibility of them littering or even thinking to litter. 2 - Presence of litter in an area 3 - Construction Projects 4 - Laziness and carelessness 5 - improper environmental education 6 - No governmental consequences to those who litter 1 - Laziness play a big role in making people litter, as lazy people wouldn’t walk nor drive to throw in the nearest bin, but will immediately throw. 2 - being careless made people throw rubbish everywhere, without even thinking about the effect that it will have on the environment, as well, many people think that it won ’ t even harm the whole community will live in. Laziness and carelessness 1 - Huge Decrease in Eco - Tourism a place that would be full of Litter people would prefer to not go to, or stay around as its an unhealthy environment and would make places unattractive 2 - The risk of a fire outbreak 3 - Water pollution such as in oceans 4 - the poisoning and death of animals and plants 5 - Plastic waste 6 - air pollution Effects of littering on the environment Effects of littering on Humans 1 - Can cause physical harm or injuries 2 - Cleaning up litter coasts about 43 million dollars a year 3 - Pollutes water and the air which makes us inhale and drink diseased substanc e s 4 - Compounding litter. Meaning that when litter starts getting collected and seen in a place, people would increase it by throwing their own rubbish on top of it thinking that it wont effect 5 - diseases Governments actions towards littering All around the world there are governments and countries that are taking action on those who litter, but as we know that littering is illegal, but what happens to those who get caught littering? Let ’ s take Australia as a main example. In Australia, there is some litter laws th at’s goal is for the prevention of litter, which includes regulations and rules with fines for those who break them, as shown below. Solutions to prevent litter Littering got many negative effects that we should avoid, and there are many solutions that we should take to stand up and save the world Solutions of litter: 1 - litter laws 2 - recycling 3 - increasing public litter bins 4 - Stop littering awareness signs 5 - activities/ campaign to stop and aware about litter ( mostly for children) A - Group Cleaning walk; where you and some friends go to a known place that is full of litter and each cleans up as much as he can, with a prize for the winner B - A poetry contest Which should include the words: Environment, Garbage, Litter, Recycle. C : Role play; where you can play the role of public cleaners for a day and feel them by doing their job. Wake Up Facts 1 - cleaning up litter costs $40mil + a year 2 - about 9 billion tones of litter are thrown in oceans yearly 3 - cigarette buts take about 10 years to decompose, as well as they are in the top 3 list of most littered items 4 - food packaging is the most littered item all around the world 5 - passengers and drivers on the roads are most likely to litter 6 - a high percentage of litte rers are in the ages of 18 - 34 7 - animals in oceans are the most affected