Cleanliness and Environmental Protection: An Integral Issue

Abstract

The environment is a constituent element of culture in all societies. It therefore must take precedence on over all efforts to boost development and quality of life by the autonomous value of the environment and the need to protect it and manage it properly. We owe it, nevertheless, to ourselves, but chiefly to our children and future generations. An effort such as this, which aims to improve the environment and assist it to recover from human exploitation, must involve citizens, above all. We must all adopt a positive instance towards the environment and make citizens aware not to do the impossible, but adopt few simple actions that can help make the difference every day. For instance, if we separate recyclable items and place them in the special blue bins, we are not only assisting to protect the environment but to conserve natural and financial resources. If we throw small items of garbage in wastebins rather than on the street, our city will immediately become cleaner. Additionally, by depositing rubbish in the bin, we improve the visual image of our city, reduce unpleasant odours and facilitate the movement of pedestrians and motor vehicles. This paper covers day to day need to adopt cleanliness and its impact on environmental protection. Our efforts should be continuous to create a clean, environmentally-friendly city, state, country and globe at large to make our children and future generations healthy.