Are we going to wait until we have destroyed our surroundings before we clean up our act?
Our sea has become a giant refuse can, beach-goers wade through floating rubbish when they go for a swim. Education is sorely needed in how to use rubbish bins.
We witness rubbish dumped within easy reach of a bin; adults blow their nose into a tissue and toss it on the ground; some owners take their dogs to the dog park and seem quite oblivious to the fact that if your dog defecates, you should clean up the mess so that others don't accidently step in it; and boat parties toss their leftovers and sewage overboard rather than dispose of it properly.
We have litter laws, but why is no one enforcing them? The government is sitting on a goldmine; it has the opportunity to make a fortune in litter fines alone.
Litter louts would soon learn what a litter bin is for if they were made to part with their hard-earned cash every time they had a lapse of memory.
A spell of manual labour cleaning up the beaches and streets as part of their penalty would do wonders to encourage them to change their selfish ways.