Be Part of the Solution, Not the Pollution
For the 2023 Leadership Fauquier Program, our project was to provide insight to the citizens of Fauquier on the issue of littering in the county. Pollution is an issue all across the world with littering being one of the biggest factors. Through discussions with various community leaders and citizens, we learned that littering is an issue throughout Fauquier County, no matter the town where you live. Upon closer examination of litter patterns, we observed that a major factor in the littering issue in Fauquier is a lack of access to information and the tools necessary to dispose of trash properly.
In our effort to “be part of the solution” we decided to focus our efforts on various information and communication strategies to better inform the community. We have put together information from studies on the effect of littering, to resources for proper waste disposal, to legal consequences of littering and dumping in Fauquier County. We encourage everyone to “be part of the solution, not the pollution” and do your part to keep Fauquier clean, to preserve the beauty of our towns, parks and facilities, roadways, and other public spaces.
- Keep America Beautiful: 2020 National Litter Study
- Littering in Context: Personal and Environmental Predictors of Littering Behavior
- Keep America Beautiful: Litter Research
- Learn About Aquatic Trash
- What You Can Do About Trash Pollution
- United States Environmental Protection Agency – Tools & Resources
- United States Environmental Protection Agency – Laws & Executive Orders
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Walmart CExchange Program
- Wal-Mart started a program to give customers gift cards in exchange for sending them electronics such as cell phones, tablets, video games and consoles, laptops, GPS units, MP3 players, and cameras. The link to read more about the program can be found below!
- Article about the program on MSN.com
- Walmart CExchange Program