Letter: People need to start picking up their litter

Published: Wednesday, Aug. 22 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

Summary

One issue that concerns me about our community is the litter. The other day my mother's tire popped, so we pulled over. I was so sad to see all of the litter.

If people don't throw litter on the ground and keep it until they can throw it away at home, the world would be a better place.

The other day I picked up litter at the park. It really made me happy to help the environment.

Matthew Ashby

West Valley City

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Hutterite

American Fork, UT

Especially prevalent is fast food waste. Everyone these days seems to think the entire world is their trash can, and it's 'somebody elses' problem to deal with it. In a political climate where 'entitlement' is such a dirty More..

8:59 a.m. Aug. 22, 2012
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one old man

Ogden, UT

Americans are slobs, Matthew.

And our lawmakers are afraid to try to do anything about it. Just a small deposit on pop bottles, cans and other things that wind up as litter could do a lot to solve the problem. But there are powerful More..