Roseland Heights Community Association

Let's Talk Trash .....Litter is gross!!!

RHCA has worked very hard to have a cleaner community. Trash looks bad, before you can pick it all up someone litters the area you just cleaned!

 But where is it all coming from? Is it coming from fast food & liquor stores? YES.  Are local businesses & residents letting debris fly away from their garbage carts? YES.  
We need to collect information.

If we know what kinds of litter is being tossed around our school, neighborhood and on 99th Street, then we can begin to find out where it is coming from and take steps to stop the problem!

We can make a difference! WHEN YOU SEE TRASH...PICK IT UP!!!!!

How To Remove Litter:

Safely collect the trash you find around our schoolyard or in our neighborhood or on 99th Street.

Wear disposable gloves if you can. If you can't afford them, a plastic bag will have to do.

As you pick up litter remember to be safe. Watch for ants, hornets, bees and wasps (maybe snakes!)

Work with a partner so one person can collect litter and the other person can collect data about the types of litter you find.

Share your results with RHCA at the next meeting. When you have enough data to figure out where most of the litter is coming from, go after the litterbugs (CSU students, motorist, careless waste disposal).Emails/letters/calls to fast food restaurants and stores to help with the campaign!

Explain, in a nice way, why it's important to have a safe, clean, healthy neighborhood.

Ask local businesses if you can display a posters on their bulletin boards or windows.

Collecting Data

Where is the litter coming from? Try to get the answer by evaluating what kinds of trash you collect. Here are some categories you might use:

Plastic water bottles Near schools : Parents waiting to pick up kids.

Aluminum soda cans & Aluminum beer cans & bottles: Motorist

Building materials, Industrial or packing material: Fly dumping

Tires, Car parts???? neighborhood auto repair
 
Styrofoam containers, Styrofoam cups, Plastic cups, Glass bottles, Foil food trash: Food from different restaurants & events

Plastic shopping bags, Newspaper, Paper bags, Plastic bottles, Snack, chip and gum wrappers: Stores, students walking, Motorist and "fly away" from garbage carts

!Hair, small plastic bags, CD's, baby/adult dippers and hygiene items:  Very weird Motorist

 Litter control is not easy!
Successful litter control must be an ongoing effort involving the entire community. We must involve youth, seniors, businesses, clubs…everyone! Removing litter will have a huge impact on the health and beauty of our community