3. We chose this topic because we claim resources from our planet every day On occasion we all take our trash and litter the landscape We are responsible for this planet and are to blame its landscape being polluted If we wish to enjoy this planet for a long time then we must beautify it and remove litter

6. C o n n e c t i c u t d i d n ’ t p a s s t h e l i t t e r i n g l a w t i l l 1 8 9 7 a n d d i d n o t i n c l u d e p a r k s u n t i l 2 0 0 5 75% of Americans admit to littering

7. Costs 11.5 billion dollars to clean up trash each year C o m p a n i e s d o n a t e 9. 1 b i l l i o n d o l l a r s

9. O v e r 5 1 b i l l i o n p i e c e s o f l i t t e r l a n d on roadways each year That is 6,729 items per mile!

10. D.E.P – addressed laws on littering and the importance of keeping CT clean to higher our quality at life. Save the Sound – come together every September to clean the shoreline. Average litter removal is an outstanding 144 million lbs of litter for 300,000 miles of shoreline. (CT fund for the Environment)

12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW0bYd6Z7p4

13. Removed litter along Bissell Road Cleaning up litter along walking paths Aiding with non-native plant removal