Report the Litterbug

Mr. Taxi cab driving down Wilkinson Blvd this morning, who stopped at a red light opened your door and threw the paper from your car into the street. Shame on you.  Seriously you have been swatted you Litterbug.

Check out Lenny the Litter Bug at http://charmeck.org/Departments/LUESA/Solid+Waste/Keep+Mecklenburg+Beautiful/Swat-A-Litterbug+Report.htm and squash a Litterbug.  I don’t understand why it is so hard for people to put paper in a recycling bin.  Recycling is easy, its free, it makes the world a better place for our children, our nieces, our nephews, our neighbors kids.  The lack of respect for this beautiful world we live in can make one crazy.  Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful is going after smokers who leave their butts on the street.  Why?  Do smokers just drop them in their houses?  Leave them on the floor?  I really don’t think so, so where does the logic come from for dropping them on city streets?  What is so hard about being conscious of our neighbor?  A small does of respect  could go such a long way on so many issues we have in our community.  Why can’t we respect our environment, its the only one we have.

Charlotte participated in Earth Hour last Saturday.  It was amazing the difference of 1 hour of non essential lighting made.  Did anyone notice the extra starts in the sky?  How bright they were?  I don’t think people realize how much of nature we miss because of our lifestyles.  Maybe the change in peoples focus will take us back to a day where we dry sheets on the clothing line and take picnics in the parks.   If we don’t use  it we do lose it, but if we lose it its not coming back.  Mecklenburg county is taking so many steps forward for the environment we have to help too.