It is necessary to keep things clean daily as we walk through our communities, parks, and city streets. Despite tremendous efforts to promote proper waste disposal, litter continues to plague our streets and alleyways. Littering behaviour scars the beauty of our surroundings and brings many other outcomes. Public facilities are not litter baskets, and this is a reminder as to why waste bins are important. It captures why proper garbage disposal is essential for keeping a community productive and lively.

Proper Garbage Disposal Is The First Step To Protecting The Environment

The environment is one of the most crucial elements that get affected by littering. Litter falls into the drains, and through waterlogging, floods cause harm to property and bring about disturbance to the wildlife habitat. Furthermore, plastic waste and other non-degradable refuse being thrown on the roads will eventually find their way into rivers and oceans and aggravate the waste problem in the world’s seas. Proper waste dumping is the initial step in protecting our environment towards such adverse impacts.

Littering is Causing Harm to Wildlife and Pets

Wildlife and even pets are becoming the unintended victims of littering. Trash cans filled with thrown-away food containers, plastic bags, and other items are other lures for animals searching for food that end up on the streets. Regrettably, the trash is often hazardous and puts animals at risk for injuries, choking, and death. Animals are likely to eat plastic that looks similar to edible food, which can lead to severe health risks or even death. By ensuring waste products are thrown in designated receptacles of wastes, we significantly reduce the chances of both wildlife and domestic animals being hurt by such products, therefore taking care of our co-creatures in the environment.

Clean Streets Elicit Healthy Communities

An environmental home for a healthy community lives in harmony with cleanliness. Clean streets are aesthetic, which provides a sense of satisfaction to the area’s residents and is a perfect way to instil aesthetics in a community. Cleaner streets are also attractive and are great for commercial activities because people are likely to interact or reside in communities where the setting is pleasant. By contrast, shabby streets incubate a decline in property values, discourage tourists, and create an ambiance of indifference. When we manage our wastes better, we are investing in and contributing to the health and economic benefit of our communities

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Littering Encourages Further Neglect

Litter on the streets can produce a self-reinforcing circle of filth, where one piece of rubbish begets more. For instance, if people find rubbish on the ground, they would feel it is okay to throw waste there. Such attitudes mean that, over time, rubbish gradually accumulates, and cleaning up after people becomes increasingly difficult and costly. By using rubbish bins and not littering, we break this cycle of indifference and encourage others to do the same. The cleanliness and enjoyment of everyone’s surroundings gradually improve.

Relieving the Economic Drain of Litter Cleanup

Litter does not only impact the environment and civic pride – it also has a direct financial influence. Many funds from local governments pump into the cost of street cleaning and waste management services in reaction to littering. By continuing to use the waste bins and persuading others to do the same, we would also be minimising the usage of sub-account resources, which would be expended on waste management.

Maintaining Cleanliness for Public Health

Littered streets are highly prone to public health hazards. Items like food wrappers, disposable drinking containers, and cigarette ends could become a source of nutrition for rats and other insects. These pests are potential carriers of diseases. The liquid accumulating in disposed items can attract mosquitoes with dengue. Fortunately, with a waste bin system, these health afflictions are diminished and attains a more hygienic and safer environment.

Proper waste disposal practices are taught to the present generation as it sets the way for the world to inherit them. When we throw waste into the correct bins and litter our streets cleanly enough, we set an example  for the young children and future generations. Children will learn and adopt what they see and thus grow up with values to emulate. It will instil responsible waste disposal behaviour, which, in return, will guarantee a continuous healthy environment to the future generations.

It is everyone’s responsibility to keep the streets clean and tidy and free from littering. With Ausko Pte Ltd, let’s resolve to keep our environment clean. Whenever you have trash in your hand, do not forget to discard it properly!