Attention Litterbugs

Make sure we don't toss newspapers or coffee cups out our car window. Every piece of litter matters, and should be avoided. Before you go thinking that buttons or gum wrappers will just get picked up by the wind or stuck deep in a bush where it won't bother anyone, take a look at this image of a Laysan albatross. What a shame and poignant reminder to tread lightly on this earth! As it turns out, your little bottle caps can end up in the stomachs of wildlife. Do you part today and make sure your garbage accurately lands in a can.

Cynthia Vanderlip, manager of the State of Hawaii's Kure Atoll Wildlife Sanctuary, cut open the dead body of a fledgling Laysan albatross (nicknamed "Shed Bird") to find more than half a pound of plastic in its stomach. Concentrated on the right are all the items retrieved from inside the bird: Plastic lighters, bottle caps, and other plastics that are carelessly tossed often wind up floating on the ocean surface, where they are occasionally consumed by foraging seabirds and other marine creatures.
(from http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/albatross_meal.php)