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New Study Shows Litter Declining Across America – Down 34% Since 2020
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/study-shows-litter-declining-across-133200298.html

Washington, DC, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Keep America Beautiful (KAB) released its new 2026 National Litter Study, revealing that litter across America’s roadways and waterways has declined 34% since 2020, with every American’s share of litter along roadways and waterways falling from 152 pieces to 96. While this progress is real and measurable, 35 billion pieces of litter remain, some types are increasing and litter is still an everyday reality for most Americans. The landmark study provides both a progress report and a roadmap for where urgent action is still needed as the country approaches its 250th birthday.

The study, which updates the groundbreaking Keep America Beautiful 2020 National Litter Study, is the most extensive research conducted in U.S. history to estimate the scope, scale, causes and impacts of litter. The findings reveal that declines are being driven by a combination of factors: education that shapes behavior, strong local programs and enforcement, better infrastructure and access to waste systems and increased public engagement from businesses, organizations, governments and individuals. Roadway litter declined 22% (from 23.7 billion to 18.4 billion pieces), while waterway litter fell 45% (from 25.9 billion to 14.2 billion pieces).
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“This study proves what we’ve always believed: litter is solvable when people, systems and partners work together,” said Jennifer Lawson, President and CEO of Keep America Beautiful. “The declines show us what’s possible when communities act with urgency and commitment. But our work is far from done. With 35 billion pieces of litter still out there and new types emerging, we must scale what’s working, close the remaining gaps in infrastructure and access and continue building on this momentum.”

The study reveals how litter reflects the changing rhythms of American life. Cardboard litter is up 50% as online shopping reshapes consumer habits. PPE litter – masks and gloves that surged during the pandemic – is down 76%, while e-cigarette litter has spiked along vaping trends. Overall plastic litter is declining, though plastic water bottle litter rose 20%.

“Litter tells the story of how we live,” said David Scott, PhD, SVP of Data and Research at Keep America Beautiful. “Right now, it’s telling a story of progress – but it’s also showing us exactly where we need to focus next. Without sustained effort and smarter strategies, these gains could be reversed. We must continue to act with urgency, double down on what’s working and tackle the challenges that remain.”
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>>1515095
because people have 35% less stuff, lol
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>>1515097
Thanks Boden.
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>Littering down 35% since 2020
>Since late 2020: when Biden was elected president: and for longer than the current one for less than 1.5 years
This just in: the retarded >>1515095 destroys his own wrong opinions in another pathetic attempt to 'own the libs' via a desperate example of quote mining. OP complains when called out on this.
Film at 11: Dumb and Dumber. Starring the OP and Donald Trump.
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>>1515107
There's the liggeral cope I was waiting for.
Thanks Anon.
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>Trump guts epa, deregulates quality control in american industry, pulls the plug on EV and green energy...

>but hey, there's less litter according to this extremely biased Corporate PR Firm conducting research on behalf of corporations looking to validate their anti-littering campaign. God I'm a fucking dumbass.
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>>1515113
You were firebombing Teslas anyway. EVs can't be that important to you.
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>>1515110
There's the subhuman coping that I was waiting for.
Thanks Anon
>>1515118
I've personally never damaged an EV, nor would I want to
>>1515118
>Would you buy a used car from this man?
>>1515100
>Yes. He seems like a good guy
EVs are important to you, or you wouldn't call Trump a 'good guy', nor say 'Yes' to that question. Complain about that.
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Who cares about littering. We have all these resources to be a top renewable energy country like China is but instead Trumps destroy progress in this field.

That and deregulation allows corporations to steamroll into national parks and mine and drill there.

Lastly just look at oil. All that matters is Iran does not get a nuclear weapon. Russia has nuclear weapons and you could believe they would sell them to anyone who really wants one. Who cares if Iran gets a nuclear weapon how does this harm me? No, it harms Israel.

We have high gas prices and dwindling gas reserves because of this idiot.
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>>1515125
Lawd, I love these mentally ill posts.
Entertain me more. Come on dance for me.
Dance fucker dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDL1ICoNjRY
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>>1515131
We have the technology and ability to build a mini nuke reactor in any city that wants one.
We could line every parking lot with solar and nearly infinitely power the buildings attached to thise lots.
I couls go on, but the only focus anyone has anymore in ANY news related platform, is now much they can scream at whoeever they think is the opposition.
Dems wokt do shitm they'll get elected then pass some feel good laws and pass all the real issues on to whoeevers next. If I disagree, then I'm some kind of evil sexist pig or racist.
Reds wont do shit because they'll focus on what short terms gets their people more money, even if it means absolutely destroying everything in their path. And if I dare disgaree I'm a liberal or whatever retarded insult of the week there is.

Fuck all of you. I'm juat going to go live in the woods.
Oh wait I'm not even safe there from you fucking retards cause they found lithium so want to take my land by force!
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>>1515152
>Reds wont do shit because they'll focus on what short terms gets their people more money, even if it means absolutely destroying everything in their path. And if I dare disgaree I'm a liberal or whatever retarded insult of the week there is.
Tried. Blues fought prosperity by faking a plague that killed olds, magnifying it to an extent where everyone, homosexual HIV infected or not, was forced into disaster mode.
Then they attained power and fucked everything up.
And Team Blue just wants to fuck little boys and kill white people (they'll say otherwise).
And you're wrong about Reds. You seriously need to look into ACA and reconsider your position.
Reds are ineffective do-nothings. They get in and do nothing. Trump is an exception since he's pushing them to do stuff.
So instead of sitting on the fence, why not lube up a nice fence post and squat on it?
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>>1515133
>Who cares if you shit in my mouth? You're actually nourishing me idiot, I should be thanking you!
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>>1515155
lol go on.
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>>1515113
>Trump guts epa, deregulates quality control in american industry, pulls the plug on EV and green energy...
none of that causes as much harm to the environment as Dem open borders do.
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>>1515163
i can't wait until the borders are closed to your IP address esl shill
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>>1515166
>I know you're right so I'll just start trolling
kek, I accept your concession
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>>1515169
you're literally always lying and projecting. your new thing is bringing up giant cock for no reason, which i find particularly strange. nobody respects you
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>>1515163
Indeed. Perhaps part of the reason littering is down is because of all the deported illegals.
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>>1515170
you literally just brought up giant cock for no reason, then accused me of doing it, in the same comment you accuse me of projecting.
ngl that is actually some pretty good trolling. I'll give you a 5/8
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esl shill is trooning out again in a thread about Biden reducing litter?
Sounds about right for the BDS queen
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>>1515172
the receipts are right on this board esl shill, you don't have to deny all the strange fetishes you love spamming here
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>>1515170
The Biggest Blackest Cock.
You know, you're not even an effective troll, the majority of your shitty 'esl shill' shitposts go ignored.
Who do you think is listening to the 'esl shill' shill bot?
>Hey this guy literally has one reply
>Hey he's a cool troll
>We should listen to him
It's not what's happening.
So, enlighten us on the endgame here.
What are you doing? I can think of a few angles but none are sane or rational.
Because is you're trying to make people leave it's not working.
And if you're trying to discredit other posters it's not working.
If you think you're influencing people spamming one liners it's not working.
And if you're simply out to troll, that's not working either.
Thought you should know that being an irrational pest really isn't doing much for you.
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>>1515152
>If I disagree, then I'm some kind of evil sexist pig or racist.

If someone calls you racist or sexist, does that make you racist or sexist? No? Cool.

If you believe in some piece of democratic policy, and someone calls you a racist, is that a good reason not to support that policy? No? Cool.

What's weird to me is that you acknowledge that Democrats do something. You're not satisfied with the things they do, you call them ineffectual and feel good, but they do at least address issues, even if they aren't effective. Then you go on to acknowledge republicans are corrupt and willing to destroy "absolutely everything in their path."

That seems like a really fucking easy choice to me.

I feel like I can relate, I am uncomfortable in certain left wing spaces as a white male, but that doesn't mean left wing spaces are only for those assholes, it just means there's morons on both sides. You shouldn't let them push you out.
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>>1515169
>I accept your concession
Is something an insecure beta bitch would say.
Complain more and entertain us.
Lol, I love your mentally ill posts.
Entertain /news/ again, >>1515169. Come on dance for me.
Dance fucker dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDL1ICoNjRY
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>>1515163
>gutting the department that prevents harm to the environment doesn't harm the environment as much as IMMIGRATIOOOOOON!!!!
Uh huh.
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https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Keep_America_Beautiful
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>>1515154
>homosex, hiv, tranny, shove something up your ass
Exactly the response I expected.

>>1515185
>Ingore the years of abuse and death threats, we're just like you
Again, exactly the response I expected and what the DNC keeps saying.

You both said the exact same thing but one of you tried to scare me into believing them and the other tried to make me feel good.

This is exactly why I'm sick of this shit and am more than happy to waste my presidential vote on whoeever had the most goofy ass sounding name, while using my local vote to actually get shit done. I want to carry an RPG to protect my ground water and none of you can stop me anymore.
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>>1515095
I can’t wait until this anon finds another hobby
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>>1515211
You think I was trying to make you feel good?

'Kay. Pay attention dipshit, because no I absolutely didn't say the same things the right wing faggot did, and no I don't care about your stupid fucking feelings.

If someone calling you mean names changes your vote, then you are an absolute moron, and a cowardly little bitch. Grow the fuck up and fight for your political interests instead of expecting everyone else to do everything for you. You're not going to get everything you want without having to fight, compromise, and stand up to people who are going to call you mean names. If you can't do that, fucking eat a gun. Just stop being such a whiny little bitch.
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>>1515176
yes, the receipts are right here >>1515170 where you brought up giant cock for no reason then projected by claiming I did it.
>>1515188
>I AM A STRONG ALPHA TOUGH GUY
this is just sad
>>1515205
>slightly weakening a department that does basically nothing anyway is worse than adding 100 million people
lol
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>>1515225
>slightly weakening
>basically does nothing
>100 million
lmao
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>>1515208
>Keep America Beautiful was founded in 1953 by group of businessmen from the beverage and packaging industries who were concerned that government would make them responsible for solving the litter problem by regulating their industries.
Ahh no wonder
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The strong and superior don't need to say what >>1515169 is reduced to:
>I, >>1515169, a projecting beta bitch, accept your concession
This is just sad.
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>>1515228
Even better than that, they just make up these numbers.
>We did a research study and found we are doing a great job and don't need any government regulation
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>>1515225
>slightly weakening a department that does basically nothing anyway is worse than adding 100 million people.

>I think kicking 100 million people out of America makes them disappear and ends their impact on the environment. I think it's a good idea to deport 1 in 4 people in the country, why would that be a needlessly vindictive logistical nightmare? I think there's more illegals in the country than the highest credible estimate by a factor of more than 4. Yes, I am this fucking dumb.
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>>1515253
>needlessly vindictive
>needlessly
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>>1515253
>I call other people fucking dumb but I don't understand the link between population and environmental problems
lol
>I call other people fucking dumb but I also think that illegal immigration is the only form of immigration and that immigrants never have children
lmao
>I think that we should continue endless population growth via immigration because I am this fucking dumb
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>>1515163
>none of that causes as much harm to the environment as Dem open borders do.
How are the borders open under the dems? What do open borders mean in this context? Be specific, because that sounds made up.
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>>1515258
>it's another "Democrats know how badly they fucked up so all they can do is gaslight" thread
LMAO. It means when Biden let millions of people pour across the border, so much that even blue cities were saying they couldn't handle how open his border was.
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>>1515274
Source?
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>>1515276
>it's another "all of the leftists on /news/ are foreigners or teenagers who have no first-hand knowledge of what America was like even 3 years ago" thread
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>>1515257
>I accuse people of not understanding demographics, but I think immigration is 'endless population growth.' I'm so fucking stupid I think immigration creates people out of thin air.

Strange....

>I'm going to piss and moan about legal immigration while ICE raids courthouses holding immigration hearings. I won't acknowledge almost half of illegal immigrants are illegal because of expired visas, clerical errors, and that most americans support giving these people, paths to citizenship. I think it makes sense to rip an established member of a community out of their home instead. I won't admit this hurts the entire community they settled in.

I hear a stupid faggot laughing.

>I'm arguing we're massively overpopulated even though we're below replacement level, because I couldn't wait to show everyone how right you are to think I'm a total fucking moron.
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>>1515113
Right wing nutjobs like The OPie Happy that living is down well they destroy the planet


They really are this dumb
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>>1515292
>it's not endless population growth
>it's just an "unrelenting stream" that will never stop ("nor should we want it to stop")
lol
>I think allowing illegal immigrants to come here and then deporting them is the only way to have fewer immigrants
lmao
>I didn't realize that our population has almost doubled since the 1965 Immigration Act and that immigration is the reason for most of that
lol
>I don't even know what "replacement level" means because I think that somehow having a negative population growth means that we cannot currently be overpopulated
lmao
>I don't understand the link between population and pollution, water consumption, land use, deforestation, housing, etc
you are a total fucking moron
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>>1515118
You've been shooting black people for taking wrong turns down driveways.
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>>1515298
nice diversion, whacha gonna do next? kill your parents for not paying for your transition?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/transgender-utah-woman-shot-parents-dead-told-police-she-would-do-again-police
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>>1515297
You keep smugly repeating “population = pollution” like you just discovered arithmetic while collapsing all demographics, economics, and environmental science into caveman-tier thinking.

Immigration doesn’t create humans from the void, dipshit. Most immigrants already exist somewhere else on Earth. And yes, replacement level has an actual meaning outside your /pol/ meme sludge - the US birthrate is below it, which is why you keep desperately conflating legal immigration with illegal immigration to pad your argument.

Also hilarious that you think corporations torching oceans, clear-cutting forests, and pumping out emissions somehow matter less than Juan mowing lawns in Texas.

You couldn't point out a moron if you had a map, mental midget.
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>>1515286
I accept your concession that Biden didn't open the borders.
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>>1515300
Most mass shooters are cisgender. Only around 0.11% are trans. And trannies are about 1% of the population. This means they are underepresented in mass violence.

https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/majority-of-us-mass-shooters-are-cis-men-not-transgender-or-non-binary-people-idUSL1N363273/
https://archive.is/afQqP

>Of those, “the number of known suspects in mass shootings which are trans is under 10 for the last decade,” which translated to “1:880 [or 0.11%] of the 4,400 shootings” they recorded, he said.

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/
https://archiveofsins.com/data/lgbt/image/1757/02/1757023771247176.jpg
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/past-tolls
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>>1515305
disingenuous comparison when you're considering mass shooter statistics before the trans movement became mainstream but go ahead and lie.
Also no one bought up mass shooters you did anon you know why? because ur a brainlet retard who can't think for himself and just copy pastas the same rebuttal even to situations no one bought up. you absolute piece of shit terrorist.
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>>1515308
get a real job faggot
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>>1515308
wtf is "the trans movement"? you twitter addicts really think shit like that is real, huh?
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>>1515095
>since 2020
well, yeah, there's way less PPE crap and people are back to working in their home city instead of milling about everywhere aimlessly due to the fake pandemic
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>>1515316
What kind of recluse thinks the pandemic was fake?
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>>1515314
>leftist retard thinks trans people were common before 2016
lmao die retard
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>>1515326
They’re not common now.
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>>1515301
>I'm a retard who was proven objectively false and now I am spewing retarded bullshit to cope
LMAO holy shit you are fucking stupid. So only White people pollute or use resources? And overpopulated countries wouldn't naturally correct if they couldn't dump their excess population onto the US? And you STILL have no fucking idea what replacement level means and how irrelevant it is here, because you don't understand math? And you think corporations do all of those things for no reason as opposed to an increased demand caused by... increased population?

You are so fucking stupid holy shit imagine not understanding basic arithmetic or understanding anything about how the world works.
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>>1515331
nobody thinks you're white or american
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>>1515332
>I'm a retard who was proven objectively false and now I am spewing retarded bullshit to cope
I accept your concession, /thread
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>>1515334
you can't even tell which person clowning you is which. you lead an unenviable life, esl shill
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>>1515318
You know, you're right. I shouldn't have used the word "fake". There absolutely was a pandemic. People got sick, some people even died from it. There was just a lot of fake data and assumptions about what was going on. I'm just angry about all the shitty data and bad assumptions.



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