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My Community Littering Research Paper

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In my community littering and taking care of the environment is a large issue. Although my community is fairly clean compared to many neighborhoods, it still has a long way to go for it to be completely clean. One of the more specific issues that is clear is littering. It is easy to find cigarette stubs and wrappers near highways and shops.
My city of Pittsburgh is notorious for having a bad environment. Back in the 20th century steel production made the economy boom but, caused a lot of air pollution. However, since then Pittsburgh residents have been able to clean up the environment tremendously and we have come a long way since then. There is still a lot of litter to clean up though. Cigarette stubs, wrappers and bags still line the street

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