Pick up the pieces in our streets
June 6th 2008 01:51
By Phillip Blain.
Out in our streets, parks, rivers, beaches and schools we constantly see litter. It is not a good image and reflection to our city or area. Something needs to be done about it now!
Wildlife and people suffer from this pollution all the time. Animals die from it and we are the ones left picking it up. It is the most visible sign of pollution and it needs to be reduced.
In some places our environment resembles a teenager’s bedroom. It has been left untidy and cluttered with litter; a virtual health hazard will remain a mess for a long time, unless we clean it up.
All this mess starts with the storm water drain and works its way to our rivers. Cigarette butts, plastic bags, fast food containers, chemicals and garden waste are constantly thrown into the streets ending up in storm water drains. In time this can block drains and cause potential flooding or pollute rivers and water ways. This affects the health of the fish and habitat in our rivers. If they die this means no fish for the people who love to fish.
Looking back 50 years ago products were not made like today’s standards. Back then products could be recycled such as paper bags, milk bottles, newspaper as the fish and chip wrappers were recyclable products. But now plastics and containers are regularly made and sold in fast food restaurants. These usually are left on the table in the park by lazy/careless people and ultimately this ends up in streets and rivers.
Rubbish filled areas give people a reason to litter and that’s why there is rubbish everywhere we go. People drop their rubbish where they walk and out of the car. Studies show cigarette butts are the most common form of litter item in Australia. Junk food wrappers, bottles and papers are amongst the common product wasted. Fast food companies producing mass amounts of food packaging and un-recyclable products are causing this dilemma.
The safety of people is a concern due to the rubbish on our streets and recreational areas.
Broken glass and used syringes are a potential hazard for people who don’t wear footwear on beaches and parks. People and children are in danger of cuts and illness if these bottles and syringes are not properly disposed of.
Through the years, businesses and shops try to endorse their product with flyers and junk mail. Nature forces these papers off car windscreens and out of mailboxes then we see it blowing around all over the city. This puts a bad image on the company and is adding more litter to the pile that no-one wants.
Some countries that lack in clean up funds struggle with a clean country and society.
Rats filled with germs and plagues live in these mountain high piles of rubbish.
We are the only people to blame for a rubbish filled country or earth. That’s rubbish ends up in our society by our carelessness and ignorance.
We have to remember that rubbish is not going to throw itself in the bin. So to get it there we have to place it in the bins ourselves constantly.
Out in our streets, parks, rivers, beaches and schools we constantly see litter. It is not a good image and reflection to our city or area. Something needs to be done about it now!
Wildlife and people suffer from this pollution all the time. Animals die from it and we are the ones left picking it up. It is the most visible sign of pollution and it needs to be reduced.
In some places our environment resembles a teenager’s bedroom. It has been left untidy and cluttered with litter; a virtual health hazard will remain a mess for a long time, unless we clean it up.
Looking back 50 years ago products were not made like today’s standards. Back then products could be recycled such as paper bags, milk bottles, newspaper as the fish and chip wrappers were recyclable products. But now plastics and containers are regularly made and sold in fast food restaurants. These usually are left on the table in the park by lazy/careless people and ultimately this ends up in streets and rivers.
Rubbish filled areas give people a reason to litter and that’s why there is rubbish everywhere we go. People drop their rubbish where they walk and out of the car. Studies show cigarette butts are the most common form of litter item in Australia. Junk food wrappers, bottles and papers are amongst the common product wasted. Fast food companies producing mass amounts of food packaging and un-recyclable products are causing this dilemma.
Broken glass and used syringes are a potential hazard for people who don’t wear footwear on beaches and parks. People and children are in danger of cuts and illness if these bottles and syringes are not properly disposed of.
Through the years, businesses and shops try to endorse their product with flyers and junk mail. Nature forces these papers off car windscreens and out of mailboxes then we see it blowing around all over the city. This puts a bad image on the company and is adding more litter to the pile that no-one wants.
Some countries that lack in clean up funds struggle with a clean country and society.
Rats filled with germs and plagues live in these mountain high piles of rubbish.
We are the only people to blame for a rubbish filled country or earth. That’s rubbish ends up in our society by our carelessness and ignorance.
We have to remember that rubbish is not going to throw itself in the bin. So to get it there we have to place it in the bins ourselves constantly.
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