Friday, July 3, 2009

Litter Facts - unique reasons to recycle


*About 100,000 sea mammals and turtles choke on or get tangled in plastic ocean debris each year.

*Every 12 minutes a fire starts because of litter.

*Litter causes thousands of accidents per year (for example, paper can get caught on your windshield while you're driving), and disease-carrying mosquitoes and rats thrive in it.

*Studies show that people are less likely to litter in clean areas than trashy ones.

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