How to Help Prevent Animals Dying from Litter and Rubbish
- Nicole Anson
- Aug 22, 2016
- 2 min read
Animals die from rubbish and litter everyday because it's all over the floor. Here are some types of litter animals die from and ways to prevent animals dying from it.
Plastic Bags: Plastic bags can seriously endanger animals as they could get trapped and suffocate in them. Make sure you tie a knot in the top so the bag is completely closed and throw them in the bin, not on the ground. Or, you could just reuse or recycle them!
Tin Cans: Animals can get trapped inside tin cans and they could get cut from the sharp inner edge. Put the lid in the bottom of the can, squash it flat and dispose of it safely in a recycling bin.
Yoghurt Pots: Yoghurt pots can trap small-medium sized animals heads and they can get sick from eating leftover bits of yoghurt. Wash the pots, remove the lids and throw them in the waste bin, squash the pots and throw them in the recycling bin.
Plastic 'Four Pack' Can Holders: These can be very dangerous to animals as they get tangled up in them and strangled. Cut them up before you throw them away in the bin and buy drinks with cardboard can holders to throw away in the recycling bin then the plastic can holders.
Glass: Glass can be very dangerous to animals AND people, it's also a fire hazard. They should never be left around and they should be recycled. If you're in South Australia or the Northern Territory, you can take glass bottles to '10 cents' recycling centres where you can get money for them.
Plastic Bottles: Plastic bottles can cut and trap animals, so as of glass bottles, you can recycle them or take them to '10 cents' recycling centres to get money for them.
Elastic Bands: Animals can be trapped and tangled in elastic bands so cut them up before you put them in the bin or reuse them to tie things together or use them to make amazing art pieces like this...
Fact of the Day: Every piece of plastic ever made still exists. There are approximately 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in each square mile (1 mile² = 2.59 km²) of the world’s oceans.
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Sources:
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/litter-killer.html#cr
http://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/say_no_to_plastic_bags.php
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