Coshocton Clean-up Day inspires community

Thank you to all those who participated in the Coshocton Clean-up Day.

I enjoyed reading the article about the clean-up and especially the quote from the United Way director: "We encourage anyone to get out and clean up, regardless of where you are, not only today."

I also would like to encourage you to be mindful of where your litter goes, and if you see some lying on the ground, pick it up. If we all do this, our community will be cleaner and more attractive to residents and our tourists.

In Coshocton we have loads of side-by-sides touring the back roads. Please keep items from falling off your vehicle or throwing bottles and cans out on the road. When this happens, it is unsightly and people like me have to pick up the trash along the road. I like to imagine a world where everyone puts litter in its place, where people reduce, recycle and reuse their items thoughtfully instead of blindly overloading their trash receptacles.

Do you regularly over-buy food items and then throw them out when they go bad? I know so many people admitting to stuffing their cupboards and freezers with food and then throwing it away when it goes bad. If nothing else, this is an expensive habit. Statistics tell us 30-40% of food gets wasted in the U.S. as we complain about the high price of food and gas prices going to $5 per gallon.

It seems immoral to me to see such waste. So please don't throw your trash out the window of your vehicle. Place a plastic bag in your car, put car trash in there and empty it out when you get to the gas station.

If we all work together, we can make this world and our county a beautiful place.

Jennifer Wilkes

Frazeysburg