Word: litterers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defeat the scourge of litter, that bane of civilizations old and new. "If the student hasn't asked for it, they shouldn't be asked to pick it up or to pay custodians to pick it up," said Eric C. Engel, manager of facilities in the Yard...
After Hurricane Gilbert finished howling and hammering Jamaica last Monday, the lovely green-and-gold island had been transformed into a strew of twisted, tilted, ripped and battered debris. Kingston and outlying areas alike were an immense litter of downed trees, broken utility poles, tangles of electrical wires, a vista of demolished houses and blown tin roofs. The more the stunned Jamaicans meandered among the ruins, the worse things looked. Of the 2 1/2 million inhabitants, 500,000 were suddenly homeless; four-fifths of the nation's homes had been damaged or destroyed. Obstructions blocked and sealed off streets...
...assault on the eyes, the nose and the stomach. From northern New Jersey to Long Island, incoming tides washed up a nauseating array of waste, including plastic tampon applicators and balls of sewage 2 in. thick. Even more alarming was the drug paraphernalia and medical debris that began to litter the beaches: crack vials, needles and syringes, prescription bottles, stained bandages and containers of surgical sutures. There were also dozens of vials of blood, three of which tested positive for hepatitis-B virus and at least six positive for antibodies to the AIDS virus...
...shores are also being inundated by waves of plastic debris. On the sands of the Texas Gulf Coast one day last September, volunteers collected 307 tons of litter, two-thirds of which was plastic, including 31,733 bags, 30,295 bottles and 15,631 six-pack yokes. Plastic trash is being found far out to sea. On a four-day trip from Maryland to Florida that ranged 100 miles offshore, John Hardy, an Oregon State University marine biologist, spotted "Styrofoam and other plastic on the surface, most of the whole cruise...
...Carrasco. A onetime Peace Corpsman and athletic director at American University in Washington, the 68-year-old "Mr. C.," as he is known, enforces a boot-camp regimen. He and his 23 instructors impose fines and extra chores on students who fail to keep their rooms clean or who litter the yards. The youths must stay on the eight-acre grounds except on weekends and Wednesday nights, when they are granted leave. They put in an eleven-hour day of training, academic instruction, physical exercise and cleanup. The youths train on the job for a month before graduating to positions...