By John McCurry
Delta Farm Press
The prevalence of litter today is mind-boggling. Trash here, trash there, trash everywhere, along the roadsides, parking lots and anywhere humans congregate. To borrow the title of TV commentator Chris Hayes’ podcast, why is this happening?
It’s 2024, and everyone should do better.
Louisiana, consistently ranked among the worst states for litter by the American State Litter Scorecard, is taking a significant step to tackle the problem by creating the LSU Litter Institute, perhaps the first of its kind in the U.S.