433. Respect for the goods of others

YOUCAT Catechism + Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 433

Ave Maria series

How should we treat property that belongs to everyone?

Vandalism and deliberately damaging public facilities and common property are forms of theft, and restitution must be made.  [2409]

LITTER LASTS THIS LONG

Cigarette buts...................1 to 5 years

Aluminum cans...............80-100 years

Orange peels...............up to 2 years

Plastic bags...............10-20 years

Glass bottles...............1 million years

Tin cans...............50 years

Wool socks.............1-5 years

Plastic bottles.............indefinitely

IF YOU PACK IT IN...  PACK IT OUT

“Litter Lasts This Long” sign posted by the US Forest Service at the Los Padres National Forest...... 433

“Every time you acquire and use an object, reflect that this is a product of human work and that if you consume, destroy, or damage it, you destroy that work and thus consume human life.” --Leo Tolstoy (1818-1910, Russian novelist)

[2409]

Respect for the goods of others

2409 Even if it does not contradict the provisions of civil law, any form of unjustly taking and keeping the property of others is against the seventh commandment: thus, deliberate retention of goods lent or of objects lost; business fraud; paying unjust wages; forcing up prices by taking advantage of the ignorance or hardship of another. (Compare Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Deut 24:14-15; James 5:4; Amos 8:4-6.)¹⁹² --Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition

People  Litter lasts this long