What You Can Do

Ideas For Personal Action

-Make sure your waste is secure in your bin or recycling container so that it cannot blow away and be washed into the stormwater system.
-Pick up garbage instead of leaving it in the streets or gutters.
-Sweep paved areas and pick up all the waste. Never hose litter, leaves or debris down into gutters and drains as it finally ends up polluting our natural waterways through the stormwater system.
-When out and about, make sure your waste goes in the public bins, not beside it. Alternatively, take your litter home, especially when visiting parks and gardens. Wind and animals scavenging in bins can often inadvertently create litter. Carry a litterbag in your car for collecting rubbish.
-Refuse plastic bags when you are shopping. Plastic bags are a common litter item and are dangerous to marine animals, such as dolphins, turtles, whales and fish, because they confuse them with jellyfish and eat the bags, often resulting in death.
-Dispose of cigarette butts either in a bin, public butt bins or carry your own personal ashtray.
:Used film canisters make good personal ashtrays if you can't find one in the shops.
-Pack a rubbish-free lunch with reusable plastic containers and water bottles rather than bags and drink boxes.
-Put a 'no junk mail' sign on your mailbox.
-Secure your load when transporting any materials to ensure they don't fly off.
http://www.litter.vic.gov.au/www/html/175-what-you-can-do.asp

4.5 Trillion cigarette butts are littered each year. See www.cigarettelitter.org for more disgusting facts.

In this non-smoking society, all non-smoking establishments should have cigarette receptacles at their entrance. I think if a means of disposal was available, smokers would make the effort to use them. Very few are going to put a used cigarette in their pocket.

Businesses, Churches, Government Buildings, Hotels, Apartment Buildings, etc would benefit as well since they would not have to pick up these cigarette butts. Public works would have less to sweep up off the streets and the storm sewer systems (and our river) would also benefit from this reduction.

CityLink needs to provide trash/ash cans at every bus stop.

I would like to see enforcement of existing ordinances regarding proper use and placement of household waste. All garbage must be in a can with a tight fitting lid. Period.

Take responsibility for the trash you are generating!