It’s also common for people to see litter, then litter themselves because others did it first. People believe that if litter is already on the ground, their own littering habits do not matter.

Here's what Fayetteville city staff is doing to address the 2 tons of litter picked up from city streets each week. ... “Please do not litter,” he said. “Just that simple.

Kathy Lay, volunteer and outreach coordinator for the city of Roswell, N.M., shows one of the "ballot bins" for litter in downtown Roswell on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.

Litter on Virginia’s 59,451 miles of state-maintained roadways is not just an eyesore. The Commonwealth spent more than $9.3 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to clean up more than 350,000 bags ...