Criteria A - Strand 3

The following are my SWOT analyses of existing solutions to defeat littering. I've analyzed a range of solutions, by explaining their strengths and how they help to stop littering, but also discussing their weaknesses and the possible opportunities to improve the solution so that it will work better and what can be quite hard to improve and the possible issues with trying to improve the solution.

SWOT Analysis 1

The first solution is to pick up litter when you see it, meaning that if you see scraps of litter lying around, even if it doesn't belong to you, pick it up and throw it in the trash anyway. However, this isn't a foolproof solution as some people may be in a hurry and can't just spend their time picking up and throwing away trash and a lot of people are lazy and can't be bothered to pick up and throw away litter, that's why the litter ends up there in the first place, its simply that the trash can is too far away for them and they don't want to get up and throw it away. My solution to this is to allocate a few people to pick up litter in each grade so that the school stays a tidy place. Although an issue with improving the solution is that nobody would want to have that kind of a job as nobody finds it incredibly fun to spend their time picking up litter.

SWOT Analysis 2

My second solution is to use the trash cans correctly, what I mean by this is to ensure that they can take in a lot of space and are tight so that the trash can does not spill it onto the ground because if it falls over onto the ground the pickup trucks won't notice the trash on the ground and will only throw away the trash can. We must ensure there are lids on the trash cans too so that they won't spill onto the ground. A weakness to this is that sometimes people are too lazy to even open the lid and end up throwing the litter on top of the lid which makes it end up falling over. Another weakness is the fact that sometimes people like to throw their litter from a distance into the trash can as if it was basketball and most often, they miss which causes more litter to pile onto the ground. An improvement to the solution is to place many garbage cans around the area so it is nearby to everyone so that they'll use it efficiently. An issue with improving the solution is that people are so lazy that they don't even bother to get up and leave their trash on the tables.

SWOT Analysis 3

The third solution is to raise awareness to the negative impact littering has on the community so that people will think twice before they litter and realize that a small thing like leaving your trash on the table can greatly affect the environment in a negative way. However, a weakness to this is the fact that people may be bored and not care while your raising awareness and won't be paying attention and so littering will not stop. An improvement to this solution is to make the raising awareness in presentations more interactive and fun so that people will pay attention and may actually listen and stop littering. An issue with this improvement is that even when people learn things. they don't actually use it in their everyday lives so people may simply ignore the presentation.