Student speaks out against litter in the community
March 26, 2017
If I could change anything about my community, I would change the fact that there is so much garbage around the streets. When you are driving around the streets of our beautiful town of Stroudsburg, your eyes get pulled away to the sides of the road where a lot of garbage lies. Itai??i??s really a shame that our town looks like this. I think we would all rather see the beautiful trees and flowers, rather than ugly pieces of garbage on the road side.
Fortunately, this can be changed and our community can reach its full potential of being clean and beautiful. It takes the smallest amount of effort and no money at all to go around town and clean it up. Volunteer groups can be organized and they can spend the day outside, getting fresh air and making the community cleaner.
Once we clean up our town, it needs to stay clean or we will be cleaning up garbage very frequently. We can keep it clean by using the garbage cans like we are supposed to. If you are driving and you finish your cheeseburger from McDonaldai??i??s, donai??i??t just throw the wrapper out of the window. Hang onto it until you find a trash can that you can put it into. Sometimes trash cans do overflow. Donai??i??t make the overflow worse by putting your garbage into it. Find a different trash can to throw your garbage away in. The overflowing garbage in the trash can will end up in the bushes once the wind blows.
Therefore, if there was anything I could change about our community, I would change the fact that the streets are home to a lot of garbage around our town.
Emily • May 30, 2017 at 7:34 AM
I think it would be great if on earth day all of the science classes could do a cleanup during their regular class period. It might not do much to clean up with the limited amount of time there is in each period, but cleaning up litter is actually a fun and eye opening experience! I remember doing a cleanup for K-Kids in SIES (Chipperfield) and I had a lot of fun and was able to see how much litter lies around our town. One way to reduce litter that may come from your car is to have a bag specifically for garbage in it. Once it is starting to get filled up, you can empty it in a gas station garbage can or at home.
Alyssa • Mar 27, 2017 at 8:02 AM
I completely agree. It’s a real shame that everywhere you look, the streets are cluttered with trash… especially outside of the recycling plant by Walmart. It’s a mess. I feel like there’s a stigma attached to cleaning up trash… everyone thinks it’s court ordered community service before thinking that someone is doing it for the greater good. Don’t be disgusting, clean up after yourself.
Jasmine Ippich • Mar 27, 2017 at 7:49 AM
I agree completely. It’s not hard to keep garbage in your car at least until you get home, rather than throwing it out onto the road. I’ve walked up numerous times to work, and I’ll see Wendy’s bags littered all over the place. People throw out food bags, useless credit cards (I’ve seen that a couple times), cups, and the list goes on. Not only is it unsightly, it hurts the animals that try to eat it too.