The cost of cleaning up a river

[oilhammer04]

Littering is the problem. I once called the police with a license number of a person who dumped their cigaret butts on the road. They said that the police had to see it happen. A few public whippings would get peoples attention better than charging EVERYONE a nickel/bag because some litter.

[peperls]

@oilhammer04 Excellent point. When I forget to take my canvas bags into the store, and end up with 5 or 6 plastic bags, they get folded and placed in a kitchen drawer to use as lunch bags and/or get eventually recycled. I'm in Bowie, so single stream recycling makes that easy.

People's mindsets need to be changed--and you do that by showing them directly how tossing plastic bags in the trash affects their environement and eventually their health.

[peperls]

These same people probably throw used batteries in the trash--they may as well just put them in their glasses before they fill them with water.

[doglostflorida]

We can use our own bags, good video. Incentive is clean water that we will ultimately consume. 5 star video, thanks.