Stop street litter, and no butts please!
Street litter includes all the waste materials that are thrown away irresponsibly, especially those thrown away in the streets. The smallest things, such as cigarette butts, up to the largest, like bulky waste materials, form part of such litter. Litter in the streets is continuously increasing due to irresponsible people. This problem is not only found in Malta, but all over the world. In fact, according to the British website Kingdom, 60 per cent of the people in Britain drop litter and only 28 per cent of them admit it. We went around Malta to collect evidence about what type of street litter is most common on our island. We found cigarette butts everywhere! Around trees, next to dustbins, on pavements… the list never ends! People are not careful to dispose of cigarette butts properly. They may be unaware that this tiny object takes very long to decompose. Cigarette butts in the streets are unfortunately increasing nowadays. They can be seen everywhere, scattered along green spaces, sidewalks, roadsides and beaches. Worldwide, about 4.5 trillion cigarettes are littered each year. Cigarettes make up more than one-third, nearly 38 per cent, of all collected litter. Disposing of...