Prevent environmental pollution by not littering

Cleanliness is one of the main keys to health. However, there are still many people who neglect to keep themselves and their environment clean by littering. In fact, without realizing it, there are various dangers that lurk due to littering.

Public awareness of the importance of maintaining cleanliness is still relatively low. Only about 20 percent of the total Indonesian people care about the cleanliness of the surrounding environment and its impact on health.

This means that out of around 262 million Indonesians, only 52 million people really care and apply the correct way of disposing of waste. In fact, managing waste properly and correctly is not as difficult as imagined.

Not all the trash you will throw away is the same. Waste is divided into several types, namely organic and inorganic.

Organic waste is waste that easily decomposes and decomposes, such as those from plants or living things. This type of waste will go through a process of biodegradation alias decomposition by microorganisms.

As the name implies, inorganic waste cannot be decomposed naturally like organic waste. Another name for this type of waste is dry waste. Before throwing garbage at home, you should group garbage according to its type. For example, do not combine organic waste with inorganic.

So, there is no harm in providing several trash cans to accommodate different garbage. This will help determine where your trash will go. For example, whether the waste will be recycled, buried, or disposed of in a special disposal site.

After sorting it out, it's now easier for you to decide whether you want to recycle or throw away the trash. For organic waste such as food scraps and leaves, you can process it into compost. In this way, you make the waste at home more useful for the environment.

Before you rush to throw away inorganic waste, you should try to consider recycling it into useful items, even having a sale value. Take for example, you can clean plastic bottle waste and make plant pots. However, if you don't have much time, now many communities accept inorganic waste disposal for recycling.

Also pay attention to whether unused inorganic waste is still suitable for recycling or not. Make sure the trash is still in good enough condition. In addition to making the living environment look dirty and shabby, littering can also cause various health hazards.

So, keep our environment clean by not littering in order to minimize environmental pollution around us.