Littering

The Importance of CLAY GO Written by Johnrei Gonzaga        CLAY GO (Clean as you go) is an implementation that started at 2015. It is a common practice used nowadays and being implemented everywhere at schools including Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS). This campaign was implemented so that people will become disciplined at throwing trash in the trash can and cleaning the area they have worked on back on its original state. This is good and all but do we really practice CLAY GO?         CLAY GO has been practiced by some but not everyone. This is much more seen in public areas but also seen in schools. Every after event there are always trash lying around and you can seldom see trash not being around because there is always one person that does not follow the rules. CLAY GO in most schools are poorly implemented and after a month or two, faded away because of the campaign not fully supported and poorly imple...

Littering is not a small problem. It is believed that 62% of people in England drop litter, although only 28% of people admit to it. A shocking 99% of streets in town centres have cigarette litter. It seems that it has gradually become more acceptable for people to drop litter, with over 30 million tonnes of litter collected from the streets in England each year – enough to fill Wembley Stadium to the very top four times. Keep Britain Tidy wrote in a recent report that "litter is one of the first signs of social decay. If we don't care about litter on our street, in our parks or on our high streets, we are unlikely to care about other environmental issues that negatively impact on our lives, our communities and society". Effect on residents People should be proud of the areas that they live in. If an area has a litter problem, it is going to reduce or even destroy the pride that residents have about living there. When an area has a litter proble...

Litter is an eyesore that pollutes the earth and costs a fortune to clean up b y Earth Talk -  Updated March 30, 2017 Environmentalists consider litter a nasty side effect of our convenience-oriented disposable culture. Just to highlight the scope of the problem, California alone spends $28 million a year cleaning up and removing litter along its roadways. And once trash gets free, wind and weather move it from streets and highways to parks and waterways. One study found that 18 percent of litter ends up in rivers, streams, and oceans. In particular, the issue of microplastics is particularly dramatic in some parts of our oceans, including the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Cigarettes a Major Cause of Litter Cigarette butts, snack wrappers and take-out food and beverage containers are the most commonly littered items. Cigarettes are one of the most insidious forms of litter: Each discarded butt takes 12 years to break down, all the while leaching toxic elements such as cadmium, ...

Can you see it? The amount of garbages? Of course you can! I mean, you do live in a populated area right? Open your EYES! IT'S EVERYWHERE!