Word: littering
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...litter is human, to pilfer, divine." Such a maxim might well be carved on every American monument and tourist attraction. For if airmailing a beer can into Yellowstone National Park seems to give pleasure, stealing a hunk of Arizona's petrified forest seems to afford pure bliss...
...area was almost completely white with litter," Gordon P. DeWolf, horticulturist at the Arboretum, said yesterday. "It took four men and two trucks two days to clean it all up," DeWolf added...
...presence of the lone security man, who works only from 4 to 8 p.m., has not been sufficient to stem the tide of litter and vandalism, however...
About 10 per cent of the time of the Arboretum's staff is spent cleaning up litter in the park, DeWolf said. This detracts from the time that could be spent on research and horticultural planning, he commented...
DeWolf attributed the litter problem partially to the new policy of allowing Boston high school students to leave school grounds when they have no classes. "This is a good place to come and sit and drink beer," he said...