Cleaning up litter is the #1 volunteer activity for youth in America

80% of litter is the result of men

76% of all littering is done by people under the age of 26

People that clean up litter tend to live longer, happier lives

Litter comes from the French word litiere, meaning portable bed

The French word litiere comes from the Latin lectus, used to describe the sundry straw found in bedding starting in the 15th century

On average, each mile of US roadways has 6,729 pieces of litter

If you litter, you are a jerk

Ingesting litter causes injury or death to thousands of pets, wild, and farm animals each year

Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world, with 4.5 trillion discarded annually

80% of marine debris originates as land based litter

"Don't Mess with Texas" is the official anti-litter slogan of the state

Discarded wool socks can take up to 5 years to biodegrade

Plastic bottle will never naturally biodegrade

Washington state has the lowest rate of littering

Kentucky is America's most littered state

90% of women would not date a man who litters

Cleaning up trash is great idea for a first date

The @litter twitter account has only 15 followers and tweets mostly in stream of thought format. Example: "maple syrup redux softly tossed against a real cowboys shirt"

The only thing worse than littering is hoarding. Do not hoard.

The term "litterbug" was coined by Paul B. Gioni, a copywriter in New York City who originated it for The American Ad Council in 1947

The crying Native American from the 1970's anti-littering campaigns was named Iron Eyes Cody. He died on January 4th, 1999.

Littering is illegal in all 50 states

A man in eastern Kentucky was sentenced to 12 months jail time for littering in 2008. He was released in 2009.

There are 51,500,000 Google search results for "litter"

There are 65,800 results for "I hate litter"

#YOLO

In 2009 a man from Pontypidd, England was fined £340 for tossing a banana peel out of his car window. Pick up yo' peels!