Once more, I left the house and found a random plastic bag has blown up into the yard and ended up at my steps. I understand that sometimes things get away from us in the wind. When the wind whips a piece of paper out wrapper out of my hand, I pick it up, but I am no more likely than anyone else to go chasing it down the street. I guess this is the universe’s Karmic revenge. Nearly every day, rain or shine, winter or summer, there is new garbage in my yard. I used to think that people just tossed all their litter on the ground. I watched one garbage day, however, and noticed that nearly all the cans in my neighborhood weren’t covered. A slight gust of wind, and the contents resting on top are blown off. We know that the sanitation workers aren’t going to pick it up. It will lay on the ground, be picked up by the breeze, and eventually end up in the lake, river, ocean-or my yard. So please, cover your garbage. If you want to throw it away, make sure it stays gone!
Litter is a definate problem in our area. I have watched many a person unwrap their candy bar and toss the wrapper on the ground. I saw a kid throw a pop can right in the middle of the street while riding his bike. One car at the corner market had a car in front. When the driver got back in, she rolled down her window and threw a bag of fast food garbage right onto the street and rode off. The real tragedy was that the shop keeper keeps a can or box in front of his store-less that 3 feet from this woman’s car. In a city where we complain about the city being poor and needing a make over, start with your garbage. Keep our city clean, and spend the city’s money on something more important.
Tags: environment, litter
Santa Monica and San Francisco have both banned plastic bags. In Santa Monica even Subway has changed to paper bags. Just curious about the pooper scooper bags. Not sure how they have replaced them.
That is great news. I have heard that there are programs in place in the UK to reduce bag use by half! Check out my post on reusable shopping bags, Cleveland is terrible and very behind in this area!
I was hoping for a “Woodsie the Owl” video, but the leopard was cute, too.