Everyday Habits For A Cleaner Environment.

Well, I won't want to beat around the bush, as I've come to realize that saving the environment is not something we leave for some set of people. The environment first of all is that space near us, around us. Talking of our streets, gutters, backyard, the market, our school and all those places close to us.

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One of the things we often overlook is cleanliness, we most times complain of things like flood and the likes, still we keep disposing of nylons, bottles and all into gutters and inappropriate places. And when the rain falls, we blame those in the government sector as if they were the cause of the blocked drainages. That single bottle and nylon we throw away or drop carelessly matter. We can do better than that, there's nothing bad in holding onto whatever we want to dispose of till we see a thrash bin.

Another thing I would love to talk about is the things that we buy. While getting stuffs, we should always get them thinking about long-term. Most times, we get stuffs that are of low quality. Talk of low quality electronics, disposable plates that we use for events, amongst others and we dump them off. Why don't we get few but much more better/quality things. And at times, most of these things we throw away can be recycled, or even given to tailors, radionics, cobblers and the likes who can still fix it.

Now let's talk about electricity/energy. We most times complain about how unstable and all the light is, but still we are not in any way helping ourselves, home and environment. We leave the lights on when we are not home, we don't switch off our appliances and electronics, we just go out and leave them all on. These are things that are little but then, they help us not just save cost but as well reduce fire accidents and accidents caused by electricity.

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Another problem is food wastage. At parties we cook too much, even in our homes we cook too much and end up throwing away the leftovers. We can do better by planning well and measuring whatever we will be cooking, and if it happens to still be excess, we can share with neighbors or those that did not have.

All those might look somehow, but believe me they are the little ways we can start that will go a long way in helping us save our environment.

And in conclusion, I would like to add that we should as well teach out kids early, we as elders and their parents should teach them by examples. They shouldn't see us disposing off things anyhow, rather they should see us doing our best to keep the environment tidy.

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I want to concentrate on the cleanliness and tidiness of an environment;

Cleanliness is indeed "next to godliness*
But achieving a tidy environment requires both individual mindset (stopping littering) and government action,it should be a shared responsibility.

Individual Role
In Warri were I reside,people often dump waste indiscriminately due to poor habits, worsening street filth, disease spread and pollution.Thus, change starts with,sorting waste at home (organic vs. plastic),using bins,avoiding "anyhow" disposal and community cleanups.And with this mindset you can achieve 70% success rate if not more.

Government Role
Certainly it can't be individuals only,Govt. need to provide infrastructure.The Waste Management Agency in most Cities and towns are inefficient (70% resident complaints), lacking trucks/treatment plants, forcing private haulers who charge high fees.
So Government should enforce fines on dumpers.Build public bins, recycling centers and landfills.If possible go into partnership with private sector for collection.

In summary, individual should adopt what I call the 3Rs (Reduce, Re-use and Recycle)

While the Government should fund infrastructure, create awareness campaigns and enforce laws.And you would definitely see a neat, clean and beautiful 😍 environment.It is not rocket science.I have witnessed when I visited Calabar Some years back for work assignment.The environment is so clean and neat. And this was achieved by Individuals and Government playing their respective roles. Thank you.

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Hey, finally I get to engage in your content today. Talking about electricity this has been a major problem in our society, when you try talking to people about living light on even when they are out, most of them end up saying I paid for it so I will do whatever I want, forgetting the danger of it. Your blog is worth reading. Thanks for sharing.

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You're right about that Mama
And we should start doing this things in order to save ourselves and our environment.

Smiles, thanks a lot for stopping by Mama 😊

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