Storm Drain Troubles

     Many of us have not noticed this, but our storm drains are playing an important part in our environment. They were made to take our rain to water bodies so that they wouldn't flood our communities. That was working out just great until our trash started making it into the water bodies. When it rained, our litter and trash that was just lying around on the streets was pulled into the storm drains along with the storm water. Similar to Microplastics, the trash is eaten by water creatures and other animals that live in an ocean habitat. 

You all have probably heard or seen a 'Save the Turtles' campaign. These campaigns are caused to be created because of the turtles death. The death of these turtles are directly connected to Microplastics and those storm drain littering problems. For Turtles in particular, we are most aware of the plastic straw problem where turtles are eating straws. Similar to that other big plastic bottles are being eaten by turtles, fish, and etc. 

This on going problem has only one solution! Correct disposal! And that starts with YOU! And how YOU try to avoid throwing trash in the streets.