A MySnellvilleBlog reader is vexed by the littering in Snellville and has this to share with us:
Have you ever asked yourself why people litter? Personally, I blame it on their ignorance! Littering in the streets has got to be one of the laziest and stupidest things a driver or passenger can do…believe me I know. I littered once in college and was unfortunate (or fortunate) enough to get caught by a passing policeman. After paying the fine, I vowed to never throw trash out of my vehicle again.
So I asked myself as I was sitting at Wisteria & Highway 78 during lunch hour today…what possessed that man in front of me to throw his cigar wrapper out of his burgundy Buick sedan? After pondering, I came to the conclusion that the inside of his car must be immaculate and that there must not be any trash receptacles where his is traveling. So I placed my truck in park, walked around my car between the other parked cars, and picked the wrapper up for him. I of course, knocked on his window and politely told him that I would throw this away for him, and that he didn’t need to worry about it.
I would love to see the streets of this community, and everywhere for that matter, free of wrappers, beer cans, and fast food restaurant bags. How can we accomplish this?!? I would have loved to write the man in the burgundy Buick a citizen citation but I don’t think it would hold much merit, and besides, he would have probably just thrown it out the window anyway…any suggestions you or any of your readers have would be a great help. Thanks.
~Scott Henle
Scott, I hear ya. I just wrote about Baby Jane's Buffet on www.SnellvilleEats.com , and what I didn't mention about it was that I found the information about the restaurant from the flyer - which I found as litter in my backyard. Along with 2 styrofoam plates and a wrapper from a ground beef package (none of it was my own trash.) I also observe a LOT of litter on Rockdale Circle right near Skyland. It's horrible. I have taken my children, with gloves and trash bags in hand, and scoured our whole neighborhood for trash.
It's probably time to do that again. We received odd looks from our neighbors. LOL!
Here's a page from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful about why it's important to prevent littering and steps we can take as citizens.
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