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Letter to the Editor

Initiatives to Take Action Against Litter First Step to Litter-Free Countryside

To the Editor:

I was pleased to read in the Herald a few weeks ago that our state has released its first-ever Litter Action Plan. As a PA citizen, I’ve watched in alarm over the last few years how littering has become a major eye-sore along our highways and byways.

This initiative, which is available to read on our DEP’s website, has a common sense approach to tackle this issue from many angles, including a new push toward litter prevention, to help change behaviors that lead to littering.

Hopefully these initiatives will go a long way toward reducing the state’s annual $14 million cost to clean up our state’s litter. Besides saving money, reducing litter will positively impact our citizens’ health with less micro-plastics leaching into our groundwater from decomposing roadside plastic litter. The initiative can also boost our state economy with tourism, showcasing our state’s beauty with a litter-free countryside.

In closing, as a person of faith, I believe that we have a moral obligation to keep the environment, a God-given gift, clean and litter-free. I hope our state legislators will support and find ways to promote the Litter Action Plan. Contact them and let them know you support this state-wide effort and ask them to promote it. It is in the best interest of us all.

George Dempsie

Huntingdon

 

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