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Council Letters 
 * Dear Manukau City Council,

Room 25 has been doing a project in Inquiry on some actions to alert the public of Manukau, about preventing either Shark-fining or Pollution. Our group chose Pollution as our topic, or to be more specific littering. We called our group Polluto-x and the members of the group are Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle. We called it "Polluto-x" because we don't want New Zealand to suffer from pollution. We chose this topic because we want to find a way for this to stop. We felt that pollution is a   big issue and we all felt that pollution was something preventing us from preserving the natural beauty of New Zealand. We want to choose a lot of actions to help New Zealand, but in the end we only need to choose 3. Our chosen actions were printing and sending out fliers around Buckland's Beach and asking people to help us clean the environment, picking up rubbish around our area and the beach and sending a letter to the City Council.  We want to let you know so you can tell the people that "Littering is simply NOT OK!" If we succeed in our actions we might have  ****  a big change in our environmental risks involving rubbish issues. 

About 65% of each city in New Zealand is full of rubbish and you are a part of New Zealand, you do not want New Zealand to be the most polluted country! It would be unnatural and that name just doesn't describe New Zealand at all. The thing that bothers Polluto-x is that people don't think of the consequences that will happen when they drop a piece of rubbish or throw a can onto the street. We need to be aware because hundreds of people are littering every second and it builds up. Litter-free places are healthy places. Waste is hazardous if disposed of incorrectly and can attract pests and disease. What we're trying to say is that things like plastic which is litter can not be disposed of easily. Most people don't know that things like plastic and man made packaging takes centuries to break down. To whom this may concern, we would appreciate it if you can please take serious actions to help and encourage the people of Manukau to throw their rubbish responsibly. All we want to say is we want everybody to reduce the amount of waste they make as possible and dispose of it responsibly to ensure New Zealand is a healthy place to grow up in, to live and to learn in and to treasure as something as precious as life.

Sincerely Yours,

The Year 7 Polluto-x members Kyla, Katherine, Nicholah and Rochelle

If you want to learn more about our group and find more information on littering visit our website __www.polluto-x.wikispaces.com__ **