Cleanliness is next to Godliness, this is a popular saying in and around my place. But this picture shows what we see around major places where i live
But many who even claim to fear God do not remember this phrase or remember that God is watching everything we do including keeping our environment clean and neat, this post is not about God but is about how we keep the earth clean. Keeping the planet clean starts from us.
There is this menese of plastic waste pollution.
Looking around me today what I see is plastic littered around my place today.
I keep wondering what could be the problem and why people choose not to keep the planet clean.
Check the picture below this is not a pleasant sight to see or is it? You will believe with me that it is not
Well today we can do without plastic, you go shopping, most shopping bags are made of nylon, we drink table, it comes in plastic, what about sachet water? Is where you look and many more other things that contribute to plastic waste. What is the effect of the plastic waste, the common place people discard this waste is in the gutter or stream or water ways so during raining season water will carry this waste and block the gutters and water ways causing erosion, flooding foul smell and lots of other problem.
As i was coming back from meeting, on my way i saw a woman sweeping but it was unfortunate that after sweeping she took all the waste and dump it back to the gutter, i paused and then ask her why she has to do that, but to my greatest surprised she asked me where I wanted her to pour it. You see, this is what is happening in most part of the place around here.
First, always remember that cleanliness is next to Godliness,
Secondly, Form a culture of not littering the environment with plastic waste. Have a garbage collection in your home, i have this friend see if you can learn from his practice, assuming we go out together and we drank sachet water also known as PURE WATER after drinking his own he will put the sachet in his pocket and when he gets home he will burn it. When I asked him why he has to put the sachet in his pocket, he will reply me that I have the obligation to keep the earth clean and I must fullfil the obligation. Very thoughtful of him.
Government should put an active law in place to prosecute anyone found littering the place with waste and also provide waste bin around the place so that it will be easy for people to use it and make sure it is properly disposed when it get filled.
You can turn this waste into wealth by collecting the waste and recycling it or selling it.
When we have this culture then we will have a cleaner environment and a clean Earth.
So how can we convert waste to wealth, stay tone for my next post i will be showing you how you can pick all the plastic waste.
