Have you ever been to a park, to a riverside or a busy market area? Lots of people come here for fun, for work and for entertainment, and when they go back home, they leave behind a mountain of smelly trash and rubbish.
Littering has become a common habit and the evidence is everywhere around us. If we go to any public place, we find cigarette butts, broken bottles, plastic bags, chips, wrappers, half eaten food and rotten fruits thrown carelessly on the ground, parking areas and sidewalks. Wherever we go, we create a mess and we do it all the time without even considering our actions and the consequences. What does all this tell us about our civic sense and social values? It is a sad fact that people usually do not feel guilty about littering in areas where garbage is already scattered around. Many people think that it is right to litter as it is the duty of sweepers to keep the area clean. Some people think that they stay for a short while and it does not matter what condition they leave the place in. Others feel too lazy to walk up to a trash can to deposit rubbish in it. Many people argue that there is already so much rubbish on our streets that one more shopping bag or juice bottle would really make no difference at all.
Trash that is left around us attracts germs, flies, mosquitoes and insects. Rotten fruits and decaying food stuffs emit poisonous gases and bad smell which are extremely harmful for our health. But worst of all, it gives the entire area an untidy look.
Littering shows that people lack civic sense and have little interest in preserving their environment. The truth is that if we make a little effort to dispose of garbage, our surroundings will be clean and safe.