What is litter? Litter is rubbish that people throw away (even from their cars, sometimes!) Things like plastic toys, old supermarket trolleys, plastic bags, old pens, plastic buckets are all rubbish and when people don’t want them anymore, they just leave them somewhere.
In Auckland our rubbish goes into the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park and the sea creatures are at risk of dying. Litter ends up in the sea when either the wind blows it there or the water washes it down there. It doesn’t look nice and it is definitely not good for sea animals and plants.
We learned that litter, especially plastic can get animals tangled up and make them suffocate. Sea animals like seals
and dolphins dive through the water and can dive through plastic bags and get caught up and die. We should always try and reuse or reduce the number of plastic bags we use at home. We learned that litter, especially plastic can get animals tangled up and make them suffocate. Sea animals like seals
Room 6 has been collecting rubbish every day for the past three weeks and we found people are still leaving their yoghurt pots and wrappers around the school. We must remember to “reduce, reuse, recycle and refuse” so that we can protect our planet.
