Dele gets on the next bus going to Isolo from Oshodi.
While he is in the bus, he gets hungry. He pops his head out of the window of the moving 'danfo' and beckons on the nearest 'Gala' and drinks seller to come. The gallant hawker chased the moving bus with so much speed and was eventually able to sell her wares to the raveneously hungry Dele.
Now, fast forward to when Dele is done eating. He takes the two Gala wrappers and the plastic container which formerly contained 33litres of Coke, looks front and back and Whoooom! He throws it craftly and quite swiftly out of the moving vehicle onto the road. Dele littered!
Many a times, most of us act exactly like Dele. Being so swift in littering the environment with refuse and filth rather than seek appropriate means of disposal or rather keep them properly until when we find a proper disposal medium.
When we litter our roads, streets and environment with papers, nylons, snack packs and other littering agents, we think to ourselves that it may be too small a litter to cause any hazards or environmental issues.
The truth is that while these litters of ours may to us be little, they accumulate overtime to became agents of environmental hazards as most times they end up being blown into drainage channels subsequently causing blockages when they accumulate or they could end up getting into water supplies thereby polluting the water source.
It is important that we imbibe proper environmental practices such as learning how to properly dispose of our waste especially when we take snacks on the road or the streets or even in vehicles.
Learn to trash your waste properly!
STOP LITTERING!
I was about 15 when an elderly man explained to me how little disposals like Dele did accumulates to litter the environment..... Thank goodness I'm no longer like Dele.... I love this article.... Nice
ReplyDeleteMy mom stopped me at a very young age from littering. She literally stopped the car and asked me to come down and go pick it up. Since then, I've never littered again.
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