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Nurture Week
Nature 7/8

NO TO LITTERING!

• Gabrielle Iryn S. Yatco

arbage belongs in the trash can. Most people know that. But many
still litter. Littering is when people throw their trash on the ground or
Ganywhere improper.

You litter when you throw even a small candy wrapper on the street. This
can affect the environment in a bad way. How can a small piece of plastic
affect the environment?

There are more than 100 million Filipinos in the country. Imagine everyone
throwing a candy wrapper on the streets. The country would then have 100
million candy wrappers on the streets. That is a huge mess!

The huge garbage dump would block the roads. Canals would get
clogged. Streets would get flooded after a pouring rain. All these effects
would be hard to clean up!

We are familiar with the impact of littering. The country already gets
flooded every year during the rainy season.
Flooding delays school and businesses. It could mess up the water supply
and electricity in your neighborhood. We all know how hard it is to live
without those resources.

So, do not even think about throwing your trash on the streets. Just
look for the nearest trash can. Throw it in there and you would already be
helping the country!

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