I’ll join this one and have my Grandson work on this with me, we all have to make this world a better place for each other. Besides the bending over is good exercise!!!

Whenever I see trash on the floor at work I pick it up. When I se trash outside I pick it up if I have a napkin or something to use so as not to touch the item with my bare hand.

My children and I always pick up trash when every we see it. I also explain to the littler kids that littering is bad. We also go to the community park and pick up trash. Every little bit helps.

This is something i started out doing a few yrs ago when i worked at a few big apt. builings for families & Elderly. I started out painting/general repairs inside..but once it was nice outside, i added weeding/sweeping parking lot/sidewalks to my list, and while outside doing jobs, i noticec alot of just plain lazy pigs that lived there..some lawns/playgrounds were disgusting. kids and i wore gloves/and went on a clean up mission that than became part of the rules added to tenants list because having to clean up litter/garbage from personal yard space as well as parking lots was just uncalled for-for people to be that bad! After they recived a NICE warning from me, than they would be added to a list that were charged when i had to keep doing it.
I was glad the apt manager agreed what a problem it was because once tenants starting paying me to pick up, we saw alot more parents/kids picking up after themselves every evening before bed.
To this day, my kids & I pick up litter without even thinking twice, it became a ritual at campgrounds we stay at in summer too…and my kids were noticed by managers and given free ice creams/sodas/tshirts from campgrounds for being good stewards without asking! & its always a good feeling for TEENS to be recognized for GOOD stuff, & being rewarded with a smile, thanks, & great job!
BTW, my 2 yr old grandson also LOVES to help pitch in, they luv a pat on the head & a good boy!

Actually on Saturday my husband and I went to a local non profit organization and mowed all the grass which was on about 2 acres and we picked up all the trash. It made the place look so much better.

I started a recycling project at work five years ago. We threw away boxes of brochures and books every year when the information updated. I could not watch all the waste fill the trash. I was the only one recycling when the project began. Soon, others in the office started using my “white paper” box and “chipboard” box to recycle. Within a few years, the others in the office jumped on the bandwagon and started to enjoy the rewards of recycling. Today the entire office recycles and half of them started recycling at home. The feeling is so rewarding and saves trees!

I highly recommend starting a recycling program at your home or office. The rewards outweigh the effort 100 to 1. Enjoy…

My children and I are always picking up trash anywhere that we go. My sweet little girl says that she wants her world to be trash free and clean. :)
A few weeks ago, we took a family trip to the zoo and my husband seen an empty popcorn container just thrown on the ground. He notices a trash can about 10 feet away. He just shakes his head and says he can not believe how lazy people are, and he picks it up and throws it away.

I’m with you guys on the trash. I’ve often been caught by my sons picking up trash on sidewalks, public parking lots, the movies. At what point did people get the idea that it was Ok to leave their trash behibd because businesses have employees who have to pick it up iwhen they leave it? My new pet peeve is grocery carts at the grocery store. Why can’t able bodied people (Mothers of young children exempted) return their carts to the store or at least put them in a cart corral? Before I enter the grocery store, I always bring in a cart (or several carts) from the parking lot. When I leave I always put my cart back in the corral.

Back in college, in the beautiful North Carolina mountains, I began picking up cigarette butts(gross, I know…I carry sanitizer). I’ve never stopped. Now I work in retail and cleaning up other’s messes to ensure a better experience for everyone who visits us has now become part of my job. I take the habit everywhere with me, it’s a great metaphor when I think about it. Thank you Kilgras43, I love guests like you!