Why Littering Is Bad

It’s the summer of 2017, we have arrived to New York. As we drive down the backed up streets, I can see trash floating around the windy street. My eyes look at the trash and I think of all of those people just casually littering and not thinking about the damage they’re causing. Finally we arrive to our Airbnb, and I we have to park the car off of the street because it was street cleaning day. I believe that littering is wrong and should be stopped. Luther King presents, “ 50% of littered items are cigarette butts”(King and Marshall). At first I was shocked, but then it made sense, they don’t care about their body or the environment. Why do they really do it though, “Tossing it out of the car window is the easiest and simplest way to dispose”(King

Keep America Beautiful is an organization that fights against littering. In their research, they found that, ”the presence of litter in a community decreases property values by a little over 7%”(KAB). People who litter are slowly ruining their cities economy by decreasing property values. As KAB adds, they are “Fire hazards that impacts local wildlife”(KAB). They’re hurting the environment also. Like from my story about New York City, littering just makes the city less appealing. Places like New York City are already being known as litter pits, because of littering. Making those cities being less visited and becoming less of an

In PLoS One’s studies, they found that “Reduce littering when there are larger numbers of people (6 or more) in the immediate vicinity”(PLoS One). People know that it’s damaging the environment and they won’t do it in front of people, but they still do it when less people are around. PLos one concludes “a positive effect of watching eyes on pro-sociality in a situation”(PLoS One). People who litter seem to not care and still know that it is wrong. How is New York City one of the most littered city, if more people are watching them litter? They know that it’s wrong and should stop ruining their own