If You...
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Own a Home
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Drive a Car
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Ride a Bicycle
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Pay Taxes
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Care About Good Health
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You Should Know That...
Litter is...
MORE THAN AN EYESORE
| Litter is... |
A FIRE HAZARD
Every 12 minutes
a fire starts in litter. |
A SAFETY
HAZARD
Litter causes thousands of
auto accidents each year,and as many bicycle
accidents,
with damage to tires and tubes costing millions of dollars.
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A HEALTH
HAZARD
Rats thrive in litter.
Rats have fleas that carry disease. |
A THREAT
TO WILDLIFE
Each year thousands of animals
strangle or choke from litter. |
YOU CAN
Cover Your Eyes
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And Pretend It's Not There
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Or Do Something About It
Here's How...
Fighting Litter is Everyone's Job
To do your part:
Take the Pledge NOT to Litter -
and keep it!
Always keep a litterbag in your car and use it.
Help organize and support community cleanup
efforts.
Join with your neighbors to make certain laws against littering,
illegal dumping and uncovered vehicles are enforced.
Encourage your schools to conduct on-going anti-litter and recycling
programs.
Who is PRC (Pennsylvania Resources Council)?
PRC is recognized for….
- A half century of fighting litter
- Introducing the Litterbug
- Its efforts to bring recycling to Pennsylvania
- Recycling and Waste reduction expertise
- Information and technical assistance on waste management, litter
control and beautification
- Award winning, easy-to-understand books and programs for educators,
civic and government leaders
- Sixty years of work to preserve scenic beauty and open space
What PRC Does For You
- Keeps you informed and up-to-date through newsletters and publications
- Provides training sessions and networking opportunities
- Brings environmental programs and educational material to your
schools on litter, recycling, energy conservation, and environmental
shopping
- Represents your interests in Harrisburg and in Washington
- Seeks answers to environmental problems by initiating dialogue
among government, industry, labor, private citizens and environmental
groups
- Offers a website which links you
to hundreds of other sources of environmental information
Please help us win this critical war against waste.
Send your tax deductible membership contribution to PRC today.
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Litterbug.org litterbug@prc.org