imagine a litter. · imagine a world without litter. each year

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT

LITTER.

EACH YEAR…

14 BILLION POUNDS OF TRASH FLOW INTO OUR OCEANS.

4 TRILLION CIGARETTES ARE THROWN ON THE GROUND.

$11 BILLION IS SPENT CLEANING IT UP.

LITTER DESTROYS THE ENVIRONMENT, KILLS WILDLIFE AND POISONS OUR FOOD SYSTEM. YET STRANGELY…

THERE IS NO DATA.

WE’RE A COMMUNITY CLEANING THE PLANET.

WHILE BUILDING A GLOBAL DATABASE

OF LITTER.

MEASURE YOUR IMPACT

IDENTIFY BRANDS

GEOTAGGED MAPS

TIMESTAMP

#BurgerKing

Who

What

Where

When

EACH PHOTO CONTAINS DATA

Leaderboard Location # of pieces

Dirk Groot Amsterdam, NE 14,500

Anna Kauffman San Francisco, CA 2,500

Lesley Crenshaw London, UK 2,433

Kadi Kenk Talinn, Estonia 987

Melanie Hazelip Minneapolis, MN 876

MEASURE YOUR IMPACT

Soda18%

Coffee Cups21% Candy

10%

Cigarettes30%

Fast Food20%

IDENTIFY BRANDS

GEOTAGGED MAPS

TIMESTAMP

Jan Dec

Candy Wrappers (Halloween)

Fireworks (July 4th)

IDENTIFIES TYPE OF LITTER @ TIME OF YEAR

GEOTAGS MAP PROBLEM AREAS

A SUCCESS STORY:

5th graders picked up 1247 pieces on their campus. They identified plastic straw wrappers as the most common type of litter.

So the school stopped buying straws.

Fremont Open School

CLASSROOM IDEAS FOR TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVE WRITING &

MATH

TECHNOLOGYFrom geotagging to timestamping to photo uploading, the Litterati application combines many technologies. Work with students to identify the various technologies and how they’re used throughout the Litterati experience.

Students can also brainstorm other existing technologies not currently being used, but that they believe would be helpful.

CREATIVE WRITINGTake 1 Litterati photo and write an essay on how that piece of litter ended up on the ground. Did someone purposely toss it? Blow out of an overflowing trashcan?

These types of questions and hypothesis lead to discussions around prevention and solutions.

MATHThere are all sorts of mathematical equations that can be done with Litterati data. For example, a class with 20 students does a 5 minute litter walk and picks up 300 pieces.

How many pieces would 30 students pick up in 10 minutes?

How many students would it take to pick up 1000 pieces in those same 10 minutes?

ARTArt exhibits and data displays can highlight the students’ impact within their own community.

A NOTE ON PRIVACY

As parents ourselves, we take our childrens’ privacy very seriously. We do not share any personal information whatsoever, for any reason. If you have specific questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

WE CAN HELP GET YOU STARTED

support@litterati.org