Imagine if...Cleaning Up Litter

Can you imagine every American voluntarily picking up just one piece of litter (discarded trash) each and every day of the year?  Such a pledge kept by the citizens of the United States of America would see almost 110 BILLION pieces of litter removed from our environment in just one year...can you imagine such a pledge, and more importantly would you take such a pledge, become a member of an American Litter Patrol (ALP) whose sole purpose was to eradicate America's litter problem?  Each of us as individuals working as a team can "Keep America Beautiful".

Some facts...just who is it that litters?  The answers might just surprise you.  Read the list, and find out if you are actually a litter bug, and if you are, take the pledge and become a soldier in the war against litter in America, take the pledge and become a member of the American Litter Patrol.

  

Just Who Litters?...maybe you?

• Home Owners/Renters-Household trash at the curbside left uncovered creates litter.  Lid your trash.
• Business Owners-Dumpsters used by businesses create litter.  Pick up around dumpsters, and lid   your  dumpster at all times.
• Employees around Loading docks...have a daily litter pluck in loading dock areas. 
• Construction Workers-Construction and demolition sites create litter.  Put out more garbage cans closer to daily work areas, encourage workers to toss work site debris in the cans.
• Truck Drivers-Uncovered trucks create a lot of roadside litter...cover your trucks to stop litter blow off.
• Motorists-put a litter bag in the car, don't toss fast food packaging out the window! 
• Pedestrians-as we say on the hiking trails, carry in and carry out.  The roadsides are not a garbage can.

Statistics on Who Litters Show:

75% of Americans Admit to Littering within the last 5 years.

Most common litter offenders- Men between 18-34 years

Smokers

People who eat at Fast Food places at least 2x per week

Person who drives more than 50 miles/day

People who go out for entertainment at least 1x per week

Did You Know? 10 Items You Can Recycle

Most of us know we can recycle cans, bottles, paper and other common household items, but here are ten items you might not think about recycling.

1.  Hair...yes, hair.  In fact, did you know hair can be used in environmental cleanups after man caused disasters...think Exxon.

2.  Blue Jeans.  Sure, your good used jeans can go to Goodwill, but did you know there are companies out there that are making green insulation with old tattered blue jeans?  Check out  Green Jeans Insulation

3.  Wine...the bottles can be recycled, so can the corks, and if you happen to have some left over wine dump it on your compost pile!  The wine helps encourages the composting process.

4.  Cotton swabs (with cardboard stems), cotton balls, and even dryer lint can all go right on your compost pile.

5.  CRAYONS...yes, all those old broken crayons can be recycled and turned into new crayons.  Check out National Crayon Recycle Program 

6.  Surfboards!  Who would have thought, but it is true that even surfboards can be recycled.  Check out ReSurf Recycling 

7.   Your keys...and you can donate those keys to a good cause at Keys For Kindness

8.  Rechargeable Batteries-New York state has even passed a take back law requiring manufacturer take-back programs.

9.  Golf Balls...so golfer, next time you see that lost ball out in the woods, or along the water's edge pick it up and recycle it....OnlyGolfBalls.com will even buy used golf balls in bulk.

10. Trophies...yes you can mail in your old trophies and have them recycled and reused.