The other day I saw a meme about picking up 2 or 3 items of trash every time you walk the beach. It is a great idea. I would go a bit farther and say pick up some trash everywhere you go. See something on the ground or floor? Pick it up.
I try to teach this, by example, to my son by picking up paper towels on the men’s room floor (thus, why I can’t also teach my daughter). It bothers me that people are so inconsiderate that they can’t just bend down and pick their garbage. We often don’t understand that someone has to pick it up. So, give the custodial staff a bit of a break and clean up after yourself.
Maybe, you might want to try the Swedish trend of “Plogging”—the combination of picking up trash and jogging. Ploggers wear gloves and carry trash bags to fill as they run. It is one of the hot fitness trends for 2018. It probably isn’t for everyone, but, for those who do, it is a help.
Maybe Plogging isn’t your thing. Perhaps just take a scheduled walk one or more days a week and do your personal part to clean up your neighborhood (“Plolking”?—Maybe someone can come up with a better name and start a trend.)
If you want to make the world a cleaner place:
1. make less waste,
2. pick after yourself, and
3. pick up after others.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow.
Carpe momento!
Image source: https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/clean-ocean-action-s-spring-beach-sweeps-april/article_3306b648-0c92-11e6-87af-b76548b34f27.html