So, I know this post is a little bit of stating the obvious, and I wasn't going to post it - until I read the National Litter Index, produced by Keep Australia Beautiful.
The Index shows that in 2011/12, an average of 58 items of litter were found per 1,000m2 in Australia. The most common item of litter was cigarette butts, and the largest volume item was plastics! I live in the ACT and the index also showed that in a year our items per 1,000m2 went from 45 to 58!
Litter just makes me so angry! When I was volunteering, I ended up picking 20-30 cigarette butts out of a nice little garden that hard working volunteers had spent their time making, and it's so unnecessary, if there are no bins around, keep a plastic bag in your car or hand bag, hold onto it, or put it in your pocket! and for smokers? Try carrying around a small tin that you can put your cigarette butts in, an old eclipse mint tin looks perfect!
The effects of litter are terrible, not only do we risking making our beautiful country a dump, but litter gets eaten by wildlife, causes pollutants to get into soils, and also travels through waterways, ending up in our oceans and killing our marine life. We are lucky enough to live on this beautiful planet, we need to start treating it right.
So, if you litter: Stop! Simple as that!
For more information, check out the National Litter Index at: http://kab.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/8837-KAB-NLI-Report-2011-12-Final.pdf
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