Why Littering is an Environmental Concern?

What is littering? Littering is when people drop their rubbish anywhere they like and forget about what it does to the environment. Littering happens all over the world and is causing things like plants and animals dying.

People go to the beach every day and I can just about guarantee that at least half of them will leave some rubbish behind. This rubbish is then washed way out into the sea. Once it’s out there it starts to pollute the water and kill the sea life. The result of polluted water will be sick fish. Diseases start to spread around the food chain as one healthy fish eats another very sick fish. This doesn’t just happen to fish, it also happens to the plants and weeds too. Some sea creatures need plants to survive.

Another common case of littering is people throwing their trash out the window as they are driving along. This could land just about anywhere. Normally it would land on the side of the road and a bird comes along, takes a bite and chokes to death. If it lands in a paddock the same thing could happen to a cow or even a horse.The consequence of this will be a lot of grass that farmers can’t get rid of because over the years all their cows have been dying from eating rubbish.

To stop people littering, we could increase the amount of rubbish bins not only in common places but down streets that not many people drive or walk down. Of course rubbish bins won’t help unless people actually cooperate and put their rubbish in them. Another way we could help is by decreasing the amount of plastic food packaging and buying lunch boxes that don’t require you to wrap all your food in glad wrap. We need to get at least half of the people in this world to stop littering.

As a result of everybody stopping littering and putting their rubbish in the bin, pollution will start to stop and then global warming will start to stop, which will save a lot of animals and creatures, and if we all cooperate and stop littering forever our world will simply be more tidy, happy and safe for both animals and humans.