Why do People Feel the Need to Litter?
Litter — it’s the burger wrapper tossed from a moving car, the plastic bottle left behind at the beach and the cigarette butt dropped on the sidewalk. Improperly disposed of garbage doesn’t just litter the land. Trash is afflicting the oceans, and the deputy general of the U.N. called marine litter a “ubiquitous global problem.”
Why can’t some people just hold onto that burger wrapper? Or tuck a plastic bottle back into their bag? Researchers call it “littering behavior,” and there are multiple reasons why people mindlessly discard their trash.
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