According to a research, each Malaysian generates an average of 1.7kg of solid waste daily, especially in major cities. If the solid wastes were collect daily, it is estimated to be more than 15000 tonnes, which is the same height of 4 times KL tower!!! Can you imagine how much waste we generated? That is sick and disgusting. We should be ashamed. So how do we get ourselves out of this mess?
Firstly, when you are at the fast food restaurant, don't take handfuls of ketchup packets and napkins that you will not use. What happens is you end up leaving it on your tray and then the restaurant has to throw it out... Those people handing out flyers, don't take one unless you really want it. Don't take it because you feel sorry for the person handing them out only to throw it on the floor or in the garbage 20 feet away.
We must all get in the habit of separating your garbage from the recyclables. This will greatly reduce our trash output. I have recycling bins in my house. When they get full we carry them to the government recycle bin and deposit them in there. It's simple and easy so just do it.
Like I said there are many ways we can help this problem but the key thing is that it has to start with our own mentality shift. We have to think about how to make things better if we want to make things better and simple little things that you as an individual can do will help a lot.
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