The issue of random littering is growing bigger every day due to the careless behaviour of some individuals who tend to throw waste either randomly in public places or outside the trash bins.
Despite all of the efforts by the authorities to spread awareness to minimise the bad behaviours, some people continue practicing random littering not caring for the environment, the waste workers efforts, and their own health. Please let us have some respect for the men who toil daily making our cities clean.
be’ah, the governmental entity responsible for solid waste management in Oman, has had many campaigns seeking to spread environmental awareness to stop littering and is now studying modernising the system of legislation related to public cleanliness.
The company has conducted several awareness campaigns to reduce dumping of waste in various regions and has been modernising the system of legislation related to public cleanliness and waste management to reduce this phenomenon and spread awareness among the community.
I have noticed many bins with trash scattered around them. We need to keep our beautiful Oman clean. The government is spending a lot of money just to collect and process waste, so, in order to appreciate its efforts towards conserving our environment, the community should be more responsible.
Another issue of concern is that those who dispose waste inside the trash bins, most of the time do not close the lids leaving it open which causes many issues like bad odours attracting stray animals which usually scatter the waste.
Until the concerned authorities take strict action against the people who use trash bins irresponsibly, the situation is set to remain the same. There is a need for harsher measures to deal with wrong doers.
The practice of littering has increased noticeably in recent times in many public places and residential neighbourhoods despite easy and widespread access to specially designated containers of all sizes.
The municipality has adopted a number of solutions in recent times, including intensifying awareness drives, the direct transfer of waste from some neighbourhoods, and the use of open containers for the ease of throwing waste into them.
Authorities have reiterated that people need to be more sensible towards the issue of littering and are looking forward to increasing awareness among the people to help us spread the messages across.
So, litter not please and bin your garbage responsibly for the sake of those men who spend their nights cleaning up our cities as everyone else is in the comfort of their beds.
Till next, keep your city clean.
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