LITTERINGBy: Jacquelyn Nuñez

AndDaisy Ponce

Question #1What is littering?

A place untidy with rubbish or a large number of objects left lying around.

Question #2How can you prevent littering?

Carry a litterbag in your car. Make sure trash cans have lids that can be securely fastened. Tie papers in a bundle before placing them in a curbside recycling bin. Make litterbag for your friends, too. At last, volunteer to help organize a lean up.

Question #3What causes littering?

People are way to lazy to throw away their trash.

Question #4Why do people litter?

Sometimes there aren’t enough trash bins around the streets which causes people to throw away their trash on the floor.

Question #5How much trash is picked up weekly from the

streets?

The amount of trash picked up weekly is 1,500 in California.

Question #6What is the amount of littering in the ocean

every year?

The total amount of litter in the ocean is 9 billion tons.

Question #7What is the total amount of trash all over the

Unites States?

The United States is full of litter which the amount is over 250 million.

Question #8When people help clean the streets, how

much money is spent?

Since other people clean OUR trash, the amount spent for that to be possible is $11.5 billion.

Question #9What does littering cause to people?

Not only does it not look nice but, it mat carry germs. Some animals are attracted to areas with lots of litter. They find their food among the trash and can pick up the germs and become carriers for diseases that may make people sick.

Question #10What is the amount of fast food waste thrown

out and picked up?

The total amount of food waste is 33% of the trash thrown out daily.

Resourcewww.statisticbrain.com/littering-statistic/