People are such a Waste Don’t you ever come across a messy environment or someone improperly throwing away their trash? It irritates me when people litter or don’t pick up after themselves. They know it’s not in its place, yet they still don’t mind doing something about it. It can show how bad mannered people can be, like they think if they’re at home, which still shouldn’t be acceptable. It’s nice having a clean environment, which can be enjoyed by everyone. I can’t concentrate in a messy environment, because it’s uncomfortable and unrelaxing. It’s like having a party; it’s nicely decorated and clean, until the end of the party when it looks like a disaster just happened. The reason why I don’t make parties is because I know there’s going to be a big mess, which I’m going to have to clean up. What annoys me is that I always pick up after myself at other parties, but when I make a party I need to pick up after the people’s mess. Why can’t they just leave the place how they first found it? It’s like if they don’t realize someone else has to pick up after them. This is why we can’t have nice stuff. If everyone just picked up after themselves, everyone could have a good time and could look much better. …show more content…
Much of the people just throw their garbage on the floor, and it’s like they don’t even know what a trash can is. That much trash in the streets is a mess and can be unsettling. Also are people that are messy and are always surrounded by a dirty environment. There’s that one person’s house where you come and visit with a dirty or unorganized room. Not that that I have a big problem with it, but if that was my house I would feel uncomfortable. I can’t have a dirty room or else I start feeling lazy and
then throwing it away once they have what they want - this is shown in
I agree with his assessment about society’s throw away mentality due to the fact that I have seen it myself first hand. Recently I helped my sister move out of her dorm room at NAU and I was horrified to see all the things and edible food she was just dumping and what was worse, she wasn’t the only one. All of the kids were getting rid of perfectly good items in the dumpster, so it’s no wonder that dumpsters near college campuses are one of Eighner’s favorite places to scavenge. In his article on page 3, Eighner elaborates on student’s wasteful habits, “but in the case of discards from student apartments, the answer may be that the item was discarded through carelessness, ignorance or wastefulness.” I believe agree with Eighner that some people have a pack rat mentality while others just throw it away. My parents are a good example of this and I think it has something to do with the way that they were raised. My mom is a pack rat, holding on to everything as long as possible and giving away to charity what she doesn’t want anymore. She squeezes every last drop out of a toothpaste tube or a shampoo bottle, while my dad will throw it away half empty. My mom was raised in a single parent household, where money was tight and you used what you had… my dad however, was raised in a more affluent home and money flowed more freely. In fact, my mom does her own dumpster diving fairly regularly in our garbage can by rescuing stuff out of the garbage that my dad has thrown away, including belts, pants, shirts and hardly worn tennis shoes. She doesn’t keep the goods, but instead gives it to Goodwill or the church clothing drive. My dad is her antithesis and is definitely part of the throw-away society. My dad has little sentiment attached to stuff and like Eichner mentioned on page 6, “knows there is plenty more where what we came from.” After reflecting on
Truth: Both of my roommates debunked this myth quickly. They told me upfront that they like things “clean and neat,” which is always a good thing.
In Indianapolis, I see people toss trash out of their car, throw trash onto the ground, and have seen somebody aim for a garbage can, noticed that they missed it, and just left it on the ground. One person throwing garbage on the ground might not think much of it, however, when that piece trash collects other trash, they start to build up and soon form big loads of junk. For example, I am sure people never supposed that if they littered, that their trash would eventually end up in some kind of body of water. Typically, no one thinks about it until they actually go to a sea or lake and see how disgusting it looks because of the people who were too lazy to throw their garbage away. To worsen matters, littering has become very mutual, which must be stopped because in most instances, trash is not disposed of appropriately, which eventually leads to innocent individuals having to spend money on cleaning up. Some people know about the littering in Indianapolis, but most do not care, and that is only because they are not aware of the consequences it can bring or the way it appears to others. For the ones who do recognize it needs to spread the news around so there can be a solution.
Obviously, I completely disagree with Eighner's purpose in writing "Dumpster Diving". I think the whole thing is preposterous. The way he makes a general assumption about how everybody's is wasteful is pure ignorance. It seem as if he is saying that the reason why people are homeless is because we throwing out things. Eighner is trying to tell us that people will remain homeless until we start saving more and wasting less, but that's not how it works. Most people don't choose to be homeless. Some even start out having their own companies, or just simply having jobs and comfortable live...
I am not a super messy person, but I don't necessarily keep my room clean all the time, either. Many a time I have opted to put away my clothes, clean out my binder and my backpack, make my lunch for the next day, and/or take a shower before I get to my homework. Doing all these activities takes a while, and I usually end up doing all of them on nights when I have a lot of homework, or if I have a test the next day. Any type of cleaning or household chore would work, though, such as scrubbing the shower, vacuuming, or dusting.
We have trash and garbage cans for a reason, so why throw away your trash on the floor when you could throw it away in its intended place? Everyone knows that littering is wrong, but why people still do that?
As a child, I was taught to always throw away my trash and clean up after myself in order to be respectful of others who might be where I was in the future. I was taught to recycle and always find ways to be helpful to those around me, whether it be cleaning or simply offering my assistance. Over the years, I hate to admit, I have dwindled from my childhood expectations. Yes, I do make sure to always clean up after myself and lend a helping hand where it is needed, but when it comes to recycling and making sure to be active in environmental preservation projects I have not done my best work. In the piece, “A Fable for Tomorrow” by Rachel Carson, a world that has fallen into shambles is described as being far from recovery and having very little
If everyone recycled think of how much more space there would be in landfills across the world. There is only so much room on this earth and we are using a huge portion of it for our trash. Clearlake, California alone on a busy day can bring in 80,000 pounds of trash to the local dump. I know this because I work at the local dump in Mckinleyville. I also see a lot of people that throw away their recycling for the simple reason of being too lazy to sort it. I watch bag after of bag of plastic, aluminum, and glass get thrown into the bin which we haul straight to a landfill in Anderson, California. If everyone in Mckinleyville recycled there plastic, aluminum and glass they could save thousands of pounds a day from going to the landfill. I think people are not informed that waste is a big problem in this world. But in fact conservation is an issue, and resources and energy aren't too plentiful. Someday these resources are going to run out. But the more we recycle the longer we can make these resources last.
It’s the summer of 2017, we have arrived to New York. As we drive down the backed up streets, I can see trash floating around the windy street. My eyes look at the trash and I think of all of those people just casually littering and not thinking about the damage they’re causing. Finally we arrive to our Airbnb, and I we have to park the car off of the street because it was street cleaning day. I believe that littering is wrong and should be stopped.
therefore they get to spent time to enjoy their life and family. We’d clean the whole
...mproper way of disposing of waste and other materials. Littering not only impacts our environment but also many animals. Even though many people see littering being done they do not do anything to prevent this. One thing that may occur is that many of these wastes that are improperly disposed of finds its way to the ocean or other places. This is something that can be very dangerous for many aquatic creatures because they could think that it is food and this would cause them to choke on it and eventually die. A lot of people litter because they really have no idea of the damage that they are causing our environment. Another reason why people do this is because they are too lazy to dispose the materials into a proper trash can. Most of the litter that is being thrown on the ground eventually goes and finds its way into the sewers and goes into the oceans and lakes.
Have you ever wonder what can you do about the bottles and cans you find around you? People that doesn?t care about the world being clean is littering the place. It makes things very difficult to put up for. Recycling cans and bottles can help save the earth form waste and trash buildup and can make new things. I think that recycling should be mandatory and there should be recycling cans in various locations at school and everywhere else.
2. Take your cloth and wipe the walls. Go in a clockwise direction, scrubbing in every corner and edge as you go.
People should know the negative impact throwing away a water bottle or newspaper, purchasing meat from the grocery store or consuming gasoline has on the environment, and many do not. By informing society about how their decisions affect the environment, we can help save our planet and change our attitude toward the land we live on, the water we drink and the air we breathe” and truly show respect for the stuff that we depend on. The United States produces “about 8.25 billion tons of solid waste each year” (Russell 1). People do not realize the impact they have on our planet and the environment. When people throw anything in the trashcan, they are contributing to the destruction of our planet.