Litter Makes the Neighborhood Litter Makes the Neighborhood UGLY!UGLY!

Litter Can Cause Unwanted Litter Can Cause Unwanted PestsPests

What is litter, and why is it What is litter, and why is it a problem?a problem?

• Litter is trash of any type thrown where it Litter is trash of any type thrown where it doesn’t belong. Litter is chewing gum doesn’t belong. Litter is chewing gum wrappers, cigarette butts tossed on the ground wrappers, cigarette butts tossed on the ground or a broken washing machine pushed down a or a broken washing machine pushed down a rural hillside. rural hillside.

• Littered roadways, properties and illegal Littered roadways, properties and illegal dumps cost millions of dollars each year in dumps cost millions of dollars each year in cleanup costs. Littering and illegal dumping cleanup costs. Littering and illegal dumping also scar communities and make people sad. also scar communities and make people sad. No one wants to live surrounded by litter.No one wants to live surrounded by litter.http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids/site/default.asp

You Can HelpYou Can Help

• Please help prevent litter:Please help prevent litter:• Always dispose of your trash in a proper Always dispose of your trash in a proper

receptacle. receptacle. • If you have children, teach them to do the If you have children, teach them to do the

same. same. • Carry a litter bag in your vehicle and use it! Carry a litter bag in your vehicle and use it! • Never throw anything from your vehicle Never throw anything from your vehicle

windows. windows. • Always clean up your site after a picnic or Always clean up your site after a picnic or

other activity. other activity. • Cover trash receptacle tightly. Cover trash receptacle tightly. • Secure your load if you carry trash or loose Secure your load if you carry trash or loose

materials in a truck. materials in a truck.

RECYCLE!RECYCLE!• What is recycling?What is recycling?

   Recycling means taking materials from Recycling means taking materials from products you have finished using and products you have finished using and making brand new products with them. For making brand new products with them. For example, most of the aluminum cans in the example, most of the aluminum cans in the United States are made with recycled United States are made with recycled aluminum. So if you drink juice or soda aluminum. So if you drink juice or soda from a can, recycle that can instead of from a can, recycle that can instead of throwing it in the trash. That can will stay throwing it in the trash. That can will stay in the Recycling Loop and out of the in the Recycling Loop and out of the landfill. landfill. 

Recycling FunRecycling FunSun Prints Sun Prints Materials needed:Materials needed:Construction Paper Construction Paper Leaves Leaves An area of direct sunlight An area of direct sunlight Small Rocks Small Rocks Instructions: Instructions:

1. Place your construction paper in a sunny spot.1. Place your construction paper in a sunny spot.2. Arrange your leaves on the paper and weigh them down 2. Arrange your leaves on the paper and weigh them down with the small rocks.with the small rocks.3. Just let the sun do its job for approximately two hours.3. Just let the sun do its job for approximately two hours.4. After the two hours, remove the leaves and look at the 4. After the two hours, remove the leaves and look at the silhouette left behind on the paper.silhouette left behind on the paper.5. If you find an arrangement you especially like, you could 5. If you find an arrangement you especially like, you could frame it and either hang it in your room or give it as a gift. frame it and either hang it in your room or give it as a gift.

Can you think of any other things that would leave behind a Can you think of any other things that would leave behind a silhouette? Give them a try. silhouette? Give them a try.

Keep Etowah BeautifulKeep Etowah Beautiful

• Lisa Dover, DirectorLisa Dover, Director

InterviewInterview

• 1.First tell me your name and what you do?1.First tell me your name and what you do?• 2.How did the “Message In a Bottle Symposium” 2.How did the “Message In a Bottle Symposium”

begin?begin?• 3. Who all participates?3. Who all participates?• 4.How long has it been in existence?4.How long has it been in existence?• 5.What can we ,as citizens, do to keep our city 5.What can we ,as citizens, do to keep our city

clean?clean?• Do you think that more people are alert about the Do you think that more people are alert about the

awareness of Litter?awareness of Litter?• 6.In the future do you think that the Keep Etowah 6.In the future do you think that the Keep Etowah

Beautiful organization will grow in the society? Beautiful organization will grow in the society?