My views on littering

Here's a little persuasive speech I wrote on littering (rather, why not to litter, not like how to litter lol) for my *ahem* Literature and Composition class. I have never been good at persuasive speeches, so please bear with my feeble attempt. :/

Don't be a LITTERBUG!!!
By Yours Truly

Everyone, I have something that should be brought to your attention!
I’m sure something like this has happened to you – you’re walking along when suddenly you find that your foot is stuck to the sidewalk. You spend a few moments prying yourself free and find a glob of warm, pink, gooey gum on the bottom of your shoe. Or maybe you’re taking a walk along a country road, trying to enjoy the scenery, but it’s impossible not to notice all the loose bags and aluminum cans scattered along the side of the road. Many roads probably have enough aluminum cans alongside of them to build a small airplane! I don’t know about you, but all the ugly litter lying around really gets me down in the dumps!
The fact that it’s illegal should be enough to keep us from littering. But there are even more consequences to littering that you might not even consider. A still-smoking cigarette butt could cause a fire, a sharp object on the road could bust some poor person’s tire, and chemicals dumped in the woods could find their way into a water supply and make people sick. Animals could get caught on or choke on a bright looking bag, balloon, or candy wrapper some human has set free. It’s not that hard to keep our world clean. Instead of tossing that empty soda can or used tissue out your window, just keep it in your car for a little while until you can get to the nearest trash receptacle.
You might think, “Oh, it’s just one little piece of trash; it won’t matter.” But if everyone litters, all that trash will pile up and just look plain gross! Even things that will decompose, like food scraps, can be hazardous, e.g. slipping on banana peels, or by enticing animals to wander out close to the road to eat some food someone has tossed, thus causing accidents. You might say this is far-fetched, but you’ll be sorry if something like that happens to you!
Don’t people know that there is a reason for a littering fine in this country? I bet if everyone who littered were actually fined, there would be enough money to pay off the national debt! But I hope you have figured out by now that even if you don’t get fined for it, littering doesn’t pay!