Trash Talk

Community Service

Punishment or compulsion?

Photo by Ocean Cleanup Group on Unsplash

“Shouldn’t you be wearing an orange vest?”

Christopher, who was bent over picking up trash alongside the highway, stood upright and turned to see who was addressing him, “What?”

Two young men were walking down the sidewalk, each with a plastic soda cup and straw in one hand and a cigarette in the other hand. The…