Negatives Of Littering

Words: 429
Pages: 2

Some people claim that if they litter jobs will have to be created to clean up the garbage. Although the short answer may be a yes, there are a lot of negative that would outweigh any possible positive effects that littering would have. The only “positive” effect is the creation of minimum wage jobs that would slightly lower unemployment, but a rise in GDP would not be guaranteed. This is due to one of the major negative externalities littering has. It costs a lot of money for technology and equipment that cleans litter. Someone would also have to pay the wages for these new employees and all of this mostly comes from taxpayers. Currently, the United States of America spends almost 11 billion dollars per year on cleaning litter. The nation