Going Green: What harm does a "litterbug" do to the environment and other people?

Question

Going Green: What harm does a "litterbug" do to the environment and other people?

Answer 1

It depends on what "Litter" the Litterbug is dropping.  If its say, um...toxic waste from Pig excrement that is deliberately dumped into lakes and streams, then the damage to the water table is catastrophic.  Oops, bad example that is already happening around the clock in Jersey.

Answer 2

Supposedly 5billion cigarette butts are littered per year.

http://www.longwood.edu/cleanva/cigbutth...

I think its disgusting how people can trash their only planet without a care, while simultaneously trashing their lungs. Kudos if there's an infant/child in the car.

Answer 3

I think the term "litterbug" answers that question beautifully.

Answer 4

it is harmful to animals and people who may walk on the trash.

some of the trash may be obviously toxic - when people get away with littering then anything and everything gets thrown.

how do you feel when you drive by a city with no pride and you see junk all over? and ask yourself why.