Knowing why people litter helps stop litter

• People litter where they feel no sense of ownership.
• People litter where litter has already accumulated.
• People litter where they perceive others will pick-up.

Knowing where litter comes from helps stop litter

There are seven sources of litter:

• Household garbage improperly contained
• Commercial waste improperly contained
• Loading docks
• Construction sites
• Uncovered trucks
• Motorists/boaters
• Pedestrians

Knowing how litter moves helps stop litter

Wind, rain, animals, and traffic move and blow litter from place to place.

What can you do to help stop litter?

• Hold on to garbage until you can put it in a trash can.
• Keep a litterbag in your car.
• Secure your truck bed with a tarp or tie materials down.
• Use an ashtray or ash receptacle.  Cigarette butts are litter too!
• Make sure your household garbage containers are secured with a lid.
• Encourage judges and law enforcement officers to enforce the existing litter laws.  Convictions for littering carry a $500 fine and community service time.
• Apply peer pressure to others to follow the law.