every day is earth day – apr. 22

mccrap

Yesterday, the Kansas City Star did an article about the lifespan of litter. They did a walk in a park, picked up litter, photographed it and showed the life span of each piece. One of the items, which I have photographed many times for this blog, was a red straw. Said straw takes 450 years to decompose.  I’m glad The Star did this article and I’m also happy to see a few litter related letters to the editor were recently published in The Star. I’m not so glad about people who litter. Why don’t they get it??

A message to litterers: THE WORLD IS NOT YOUR TRASH CAN!

red straw