Littering

Littering is a problem every country faces. Waste products such as plastic bags and water bottles have contaminated the Earth. This human impact has affected the environment and can affect the quality of life. In order to solve this problem, we have to work together to make the environment clean.

Causes and Effects

The human impact on the environment has caused littering to become a high rated problem. These causes include:

• High population levels
• Ignorance of law (ignoring that littering can be illegal)
• Lack of responsibility 
• Using non-recyclable items
• Lack of disposing areas
• Overdue pickup trucks
• Lack of trash bins
• Improper environmental education

These causes made effects happen such as:

• Causes physical harm or injury to people
• Spreads disease
• Pollutes the environment
• High clean up cost
• Harms wildlife
• Affects aesthetic value and local tourism

Littering Solutions

To reverse the effects of littering we should:

• Contribute strict litter laws
• Run anti-litter campaigns to raise awareness
• Putting up "Stop Littering" signs
• Install garbage bins
• Organize community clean up events
• Report litterbugs
• Make sure your trash cans have tight-fitting lids

"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle"

NAMES

Sopheavy Nget

Somonint Seng

Rachara Chan

Liza Chan