Boycott businesses that litter with flyers
Go through most any residential area in metro Atlanta and the dominant form of litter will often be advertising materials that were thrown into yards or stuck onto mailboxes. Much of this litter is then washed into stormwater drains and ultimately ends up in Georgia’s rivers and lakes.
With so many other forms of marketing available there is no reason to tolerate this activity.
This form of littering would be especially easy to prosecute. The offender provides their contact information on the litter. Though the activity of throwing unsolicited marketing materials on the ground meets the current definition of littering, I would like to see a law enacted that would specifically address commercially sponsored bulk littering with penalties appropriate to the often large scale of the offense.
In the meantime, I would ask that people boycott any business that is so environmentally unfriendly and disrespectful of your city and your property.
RICH SCHICK, MARIETTA
We need more bipartisan-supporting politicians
Credit goes to South Carolina Republican Bob Inglis who is taking a bipartisan approach to climate change through his recent Three American Questions campaign (“It’s Bipartisan or Bust for Ex-lawmaker,” News, April 11).
This all-too scarce approach by some of our public leadership is a welcome attitude shift that is sorely needed. The Pentagon considers climate change a threat multiplier, exacerbating challenges such as national security to draining domestic resources. Considering the gravity and range of problems created by degrading “our common home,” stopping the squabbling and starting a serious adult discussion is long overdue.
EMILY HIRN, ATLANTA
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