The vast majority of us can agree that litter is absolutely terrible, which is why it’s so odd that people are labelled as “weirdos” when they go to pick up items they see on the ground. That’s why Andrew Mayer went above and beyond to make sure that his young daughter knew the importance of picking up litter, regardless of whether people think she’s “weird” for it.
“…when at the end of the day we had to navigate between piles of detritus left by other holidaymakers,” Andrew explained, “I had an epiphany: tut-tutting achieves nothing. Indeed, seeing a problem that you can fix and shrinking from doing so ranks you with the evildoers.”
“So I said to my daughter: these wild places give so much to us, let’s give something back – only in this case, giving means taking something away,” he said. “Ten minutes later we had a boot full of rubbish, and half an hour later we had got rid of it all at a recycling centre. Not much effort to make a contribution to the most important battle on the planet: to save it.”
It’s particularly sad to see litter in nature areas, like on beaches or on hiking trails. Animals call these places home, and litter can prove to be very dangerous for them. In a perfect world, nobody would drop litter in the first place, but we sadly don’t live in an ideal world. That’s why it’s crucial that you pick up litter whenever you see it out and about. Do your part to help out the animals and to help keep our world looking clean and beautiful!
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