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Littering is very bad for the environment! When animals eat the litter, they have indigestion problems and die. Littering effects rivers, if there is garbage in a river then the water is no longer able to drink.
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Littering is a nice word for throwing garbage in a public arena. It lowers the standard for civilized living, it is inconsiderate, it is unhealthy, it is aesthetically unpleasing. Littering stems...
Littering is bad because when we litter on the floor there could be an organism who steps on it and gets hurt. Or if it doesn't hurt anyone, when it decomposes it could potenially release more...