Four are stationary sources where people live and work - household trash collection areas, business trash collection areas, business and industrial loading docks and construction and demolition sites. Three are moving sources - uncovered trucks, motorists and pedestrians. Although there are many reasons given for littering, two of the most common are not having a trash container available to dispose of the trash and being too lazy to walk to the trash container to dispose of the trash. Although most people will agree litter is ugly, most do not know it also has economic, legal and environmental repercussions as well. Litter is a lot more complicated than we think.
Litter is ugly.
No one likes to live where there is litter. Neighborhoods with a litter problem usually have higher crime, lower property values and less pride in their neighborhood. Litter begets litter. So, the quicker dropped litter is picked up, the less chance it has of becoming a dump site. Litter is also expensive.