PBL Reflection

Today at PBL, we have started to work on our projects that can make a positive impact to the community. Our group focuses on litter. We thought that litter is what makes the community look bad so if we lessen the litter around Hornby it will look clean. I'm with Aseem and Kiarn. I think we would do fine because we have really great ideas for our action and everyone in the group contributes. Our team name is Helping Hand Society and our action is to pick up rubbish around Hornby.

 This is a link that helped me to answer the questions

Website Name	Link	Date we accessed site
	http://education.seattlepi.com/littering-affect-environment-6802.html	13/11/17
	http://www.litterpreventionprogram.com/	15/11/17
	https://www.nature.org/greenliving/gogreen/everydayenvironmentalist/dont-litter-and-pick-litter-up.xml	15/11/17

We also had to answer questions to break down the topic.

Who is affected? (Individuals or groups)
Animals in general (both land and water), Humans, environment

What are the issues?Litter that is thrown into the ocean flows very far and is collected at the Pacific Garbage Patch. Cans, plastic bags, wrappings, bottles and other things can be found there. Marine animals especially the small ones eat the plastic bits that could kill them. Big whales and dolphins can also get caught in the old fishing nets that might have been thrown away by ships. This can cause injuries and cuts. On land, cigarette butts, glass bottles are very dangerous because these can cause wildfires in the forest.

When did this start & how has it progress?
I think littering started when people invented things to litter. People invented things that isn’t biodegradable so it just builds up. No one cleaned it up so people think it was a dumping place.

Where is this happening?

It happens all over the world especially in the city. At school, down the street, parks, beaches etc.
In US. People generate 4.6 pounds of litter per day

Why is this happening?

I thinks this happens because people in this generation are very lazy. Even if you make heaps of campaigns, they still wouldn’t listen. The government also doesn’t put bins where people normally hangs out.