2021 is a difficult year for the world. Although the epidemic in China can be controlled, we will still worry about the recurrence of the epidemic. But in addition, we should not ignore other environmental protection problems facing the earth.
September 19th is the World Cleanup Day. Normally on the third weekend of September every year, world clean day is an international social action committed to dealing with the problem of uncontrolled land garbage and marine garbage in the world through changes affecting human behavior patterns.
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In order to practice the concept of environmental protection, we can actively participate in offline activities held by various environmental protection organizations, such as garbage collection activities. We can also reflect the spirit of environmental protection in our daily life like Kevin, the protagonist of the following story, so as to reduce the generation of daily garbage.
- This is Kevin’s daily routine of the day:
08:00 – Wake up
After washing, he drank the first glass of water of the day（In bottled water and filtered water, he chose the latter because filtered water consumes less energy than bottled water)
Next, he baked bread and fried eggs at home and finished breakfast without plastic waste.
09:00 – Go to work
He didn’t choose to take a taxi on his commute. Instead, he took the subway and bicycle to practice the concept of low-carbon life.
12:00 – Lunch
Kevin took out the lunch box he prepared from home and began to eat lunch instead of ordering takeout, reducing the production of plastic waste.
18:00 – Going home
Kevin went to the supermarket to buy dinner ingredients. When checking out, he chose a shopping bag that can be used many times.
20:00 – Exercising
After dinner, while running at night, he picked up the plastic bottles on the road and threw them into the recyclable dustbin.
21:30 – Relaxing
He sat on the sofa playing with his mobile phone, he cleaned up the files and junk information on his mobile phone. Digital cleaning is also a part of the world cleaning day.
23:00 – Going to sleep
After drinking a glass of filtered water, Kevin took off the fatigue of the day and went to sleep.
The world is drowning in its own waste. However, many people are used to them and even ignore their existence. If you want to do something constructive, change your daily habits first! Start with small things, from bottled water to filtered water, from plastic bags to environmentally friendly bags, from takeout to cooking, and so on.
World clean-up day can not only be the third weekend of September but also world clean-up day every day as long as less garbage is produced every day.
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