Litter

There is this Polish poem called "Sznurek Jurka"( James's String). It talks about a boy that throws a string on the grass and then next they someone else throws litter there and the next they too. And after a while it turns in to a hill of rubish that polutes the earth. At school I used to have a day that we went out to clean rubish around the town. Think you could do that?
The topic today is LITTER

Litter is any material that has been left where it is not meant to be. Frequently littered items include:

• cigarette butts
• bus tickets
• drink containers
• apple cores
• take-away food packaging
• material falling from an unsecured load
• leaves swept into the gutter

Litter is usually thought of as small items, but it also includes abandoned vehicles, household rubbish dumped on the roadside or in the bush, and furniture such as mattresses left on the street by people moving house. It even includes fish offal left behind by recreational fishers after scaling and gutting fish.

Litter Matters - But Why?

Litter is the most visible sign of pollution. It is unsightly and can cause harm to people, wildlife and our waterways. It encourages pest animals as well as the spread of germs and disease. Litter is wasteful and costly to clean up. Litter also affects the way tourists view our state.

Litter - it Lasts and it Travels

Litter takes many forms and has a range of effects. Many of the materials we casually throw away don't break down - they last in the environment for a long time. People may think that paper decomposes easily, but a parking ticket, for example, can take up to a month to decompose, depending on where it is. So, imagine the length of time it takes for a plastic soft drink bottle or a plastic industrial oil container to break down! Plastic litter can impact for hundreds (200-500) of years. Plastic is also light weight, easily windblown and it floats in water, often travelling long distances via the stormwater system to impact on our beaches. The Ocean Conservancy estimates that 59% of all marine litter is from land-based shoreline and recreational activities.

The following table shows the time it takes for some common litter items to decompose in the environment.

Litter Item	Time to break down
Glass bottles	1 million years
Monofilament fishing line	600 years
Plastic beverage bottles	450 years
Disposable nappies	450 years
Aluminium can	80 - 200 years
Foam plastic cup	50 years
Plastic bag	10 - 20 years
Cigarette filter	1 - 5 years

I beg on my knees, DONT LITTER!!! respect the world.

sorry for not writing lately but i will try. By the way i need scary stories for school. Have some put them in the comments