Has it ever crossed your mind that when you throw something to the ground, that that something may end up in an animal’s
mouth?
When we
throw trash to the ground it can move surprisingly far from the spot where it
was left. Wind, water, and other natural forces move the litter and eventually
it might end up in an ocean, for example. Right now, there is a huge amount of
plastic and trash floating in the Pacific Ocean. Ocean currents have gathered the
debris and created a floating of it. This floating is called the Great Pacific
garbage path, and it has also been referred to as world’s largest refuse dump.
Plastic
debris is problematic because it just breaks into smaller and smaller pieces
along time. This causes trouble for turtles and water birds, for example,
because they may even eat these little pieces of plastic when trying to find
food. Plastic, broken into tiny, little pieces, accumulates in animals that
filter their food from water, causing them diverse problems. In the worst case,
a water bird’s stomach can be full of plastic debris.
This debris
problem reminds me of the time when we were babies; we didn’t know what was
edible and what wasn’t, and our parents would always try to make sure there
were no little things on the floor that we could have put in our mouths and
choked. The situation with animals is quite the same. Now we are the parents
that are supposed to keep the floor clear of all those dangerous little things
that the babies could try to eat; let’s stop littering and protect the nature
and animals. So, next time
when you’re about to throw something to the ground, stop for a moment, and
think. Is it really worth harming the nature and animals, or could you be
responsible, and find a trashcan? I know what I’d do.