524 N. 5th St.
Princeton, Texas 75407
Phone:
972.734.2416, Ext. 8
Litter is any trash that is on the ground. Litter can be found on the grass, on the street, on the highway, in trees, along a fence line, in neighborhoods, blowing in the air, and in our waterways. Litter can be intentional (on purpose) or accidental.
Do your part to make sure you don’t litter, and if you find litter, pick it up and put it in a trash can or recycling bin. Want to do more for the community? Register to Adopt-A-Spot or a Community Cleanup
Littering is against the law in Texas.
Littered Item | Number of Years to Decompose |
---|---|
Cigarette Butts | 5 – 30 years |
Styrofoam, Glass, and Car Tires | Over 1 million years |
Banana Peels, Apple Cores, other Food Items | Up to 5 weeks |
Aluminum Cans | 200 – 500 years |
Plastic Bags | Up to 600 years |
LITTER FACT #1: 1 in 4 Texans admits to littering in the past year.
LITTER FACT #2: Approximately 435 million pieces of visible litter accumulate on Texas roadways each year.
LITTER FACT #3: The most common forms of litter are food/organic material, cigarette butts, and small pieces of paper—receipts, gum wrappers.
LITTER FACT #4: 71% of litter consists of microlitter that is not easily seen on roadways, such as cigarette butts, straws, and gum wrappers.
LITTER FACT #5: Tobacco trash is the most common form of litter found on Texas roadways.
LITTER FACT #6: You can be fined $500 every time you litter in Texas. And, if what you toss weighs more than 5 pounds, you may have to pay up to $2,000.
LITTER FACT #7: Tire debris is the second largest component of litter and is pervasive across all areas of Texas.
LITTER FACT #8: If every person in Texas picked up just two pieces of trash every month, our highways would be completely litter-free in just one year.
LITTER FACT #9: 62% of Texas smokers admit to tossing their cigarette butts out of the window of their cars. Please keep your butts in the vehicle at all times. Thanks.
LITTER FACT #10: Litter is trash that is not disposed of properly in a trashcan. Apple cores are litter too!
Stormwater runoff is generated from rain and snowmelt that flows over land and impervious surfaces such as streets, parking lots, and rooftops. Stormwater can infiltrate into the soil, discharge directly into streams, water bodies, drain inlets, or evaporate back into the atmosphere. Runoff can be hazardous to our streams, rivers, and lakes. Storm drains do not go through a sanitary sewer system, so all the pollutants that stormwater runoff picks up end up being discharged into the waterways.
This includes litter!
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