- Litter Education
- Causes of littering
- Who Litters?
- Types of Litter
- Littering Behaviour
- Barriers to the disposal of litter
- Cultural and Social Attitudes
- Infrastructure Issues
- Social and Cultural Attitudes
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Teacher resources on litter
Littering Education > Causes of littering > Cultural and Social Attitudes
Cultural and Social Attitudes
The review of studies listed above uncovered several reasons for littering that are influenced by cultural and social attitudes:
- Laziness, carelessness, indifference (35% gave this as a reason in the Williams et al (1997) study)
- Habit and forgetfulness (14% gave this as a reason in the Williams et al (1997) study)
- Inconvenience of holding onto waste (14% gave this as a reason in the Williams et al (1997) study)
- Belief that littering is not an important or serious issue
- A lack of sense of ownership
- Belief that someone else will pick up their litter
- Being unaware that they litter
- Copycat behaviour - other people litter
- Littering as a deliberate action
