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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Squash Those Litterbugs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

I'm serious about not littering.  It's bad!
Hiya, Friends!  I wanna hafta talk to you about something really serious today, mmmmkay? 

Yesterday, I was riding in the Jeep with Mommy and Rozzie, and I couldn't help noticing all the garbage in the ditches alongside the road.  It was disheartening!

To make matters worse, after we went out to eat in Wellsville, we took a scenic route home and took this really neat, twisty back road into dang ol' Whitesville, and I saw that the sides of the road on that back road were all junked up, too! 

All that pretty scenery made a dumping-ground!  How rude!

Big People, it made me wonder why people litter like that.  Is there a garbage can shortage?
Don't worry. Recyclin' and reusin' can be super fun!
Haven't the Litterbugs ever learned how to use a garbage can?

I really don't know!  That's why I'm asking!  I just don't understand why anybody would think it's okay just to throw their trash out their car window and keep on driving.

It really isn't okay.  It uglies everything up, Friends.  Don't you agree?  It makes everything look ugly when there's garbage laying all over it. 

Now I understand why my pal Sabretooth is so passionate about recycling, even when it isn't Earth Day.  The Earth needs an enforcer to take care of it, because apparently some of us are dropping the ball as we throw our litter out the car window!  What a shame!
Think outta the box and be creative when you reuse stuff!

I have a solution.  It's simple.  Reduce the amount of stuff you throw away.  Reuse the things you can.  For instance, I found some neat pumpers in the drawer in the kitchen, and insteadda puttin' them in the garbage, I discovered that they made some really great antennae. 

Reuse things.  Think outta the box.  Things that can't be reused, recycle 'em.  It's really easy!  In some communities, you just put your recyclables in a separate bin and send it to the curb.  Where I live, you've gotta sort your recyclables by type and take 'em to the transfer station yourself, but even that isn't SO hard.

Finally, if you're drivin' around, and you've got garbage in your car, don't throw it out the window!  That's nasty behavior, and if you do it, you should be ashamed of yourself.  Seriously.  Consider yourself shamed by a toddler for being a litterbug.  This is MY world you're messin' up.  Well, your world, too.  SO.  If you're drivin' around and you generate some garbage from snacks and such, collect it in a bag, and put it in the trash at the next gas stop you make.  They have trash bins right at the pumps, usually.  They have trash bins outside the store.  If you aren't stopping, keep your trash in the bag you've collected it in until you get home, and then put it in your trash.  It's just that simple.

It really is, Friends.  We're all in this together.  No matter what else you do, at the very least, don't junk up outside with litter.  Please, Friends!

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