littering gets old

Littering in America hasn’t always been stigmatized.

“In the 1960s and early 70s, it was routine to finish your can of soda and just toss it out the window of your car.” (Source)

Keep America Beautiful began a campaign to address the increasing and damaging effects of litter. Watch this early public service announcement (PSA) from the late 1950s here.

During my efforts in obLITTERating, I’ve come across debris that depicts litter in the past with litter today:

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