Be A Responsible Citizen, Stop Littering!

One of the smallest yet extremely effective steps that you can take to restore and maintain the beauty of the planet is to stop littering. You may be causing severe damage to the aesthetics and the purity of the environment by intentional or unintentional littering.

With the Swachha Bharat Abhiyan on the rise, it is time to make conscious efforts to change this common behavior of littering, and the change begins with you.

Each individual must accept responsibility for their actions and must also influence the actions of others to reduce the littering of homes, offices, schools, and community areas. You must donate your sweat to initiate a community-driven movement to eliminate littering altogether. Here are some of the best volunteering ideas to get you started on this endeavor.

1. Pledge Not To Litter

You may be paying utmost attention to the cleanliness of your home but are you equally cautious on the streets? Try to recollect whether you have ever carelessly strewn any wrappers or bottles on the side of a road or in public areas. Make a commitment now and join thousands of people who have vowed not to be a litterbug. If the lack of dustbins forces you to litter then make it a habit to carry a junk bag with you that can hold the waste until you can discard it properly.

2. Educate Your Friends And Family

Inculcate an anti-litter attitude in your friends and family members by correcting them if they leave any waste lying around. It is easiest to instill good habits at a young age, therefore teach the children in your family how to dispose of waste in a proper manner. Make sure that you have enough dustbins in your house and maintain separate ones for organic and inorganic waste. Involve the older members of the household in this initiative as well and encourage them to segregate and throw the waste in the correct dustbins.

3. Remind Others Not To Litter And Why

If someone spits on the side of the road or throws some junk beneath a tree, stop them and politely reprimand them for their behavior. Sometimes people are so accustomed to their habits that they do not even realize that they are harming the environment. Remind these litterers how their actions are causing damage to the planet and posing a health hazard for those around them. Your criticism of their actions might prevent them from littering in the future. If you can convince even one person not to litter, it will be a significant step in the right direction.

4. Volunteer In Your Community To Clean Up Litter

Join or organize community cleanliness drives in your neighborhood to clean up the public areas and the illegal dumps. You can pick up the numerous cigarette butts lying on the roads or can clean up the water drains clogged with plastic scraps. When others will see you sweating away they will get motivated to stop littering and might even join you in your initiative. Most people hesitate from throwing waste in a clean area, so by making your neighborhood sparkling clean, you will discourage the litterbugs from destroying it again.

You need to be resourceful and creative when it comes to the prevention of littering. Think of new ideas on how to participate in the Swachha Bharat Abhiyan and share your thoughts with the community in public meetings or workshops. Make the citizens realize that individual actions can lead to the improvement or destruction of the ecosystem. Encourage those around you to join this movement to make Earth a cleaner planet. Donate your sweat to reverse the damage caused by the litterbugs and make the entire planet a litter-free zone.