Littering

Many people blamed littering on lack of dustbins. I used to believe so.

After a short trip to Japan. I changed my mind. 

I could hardly find any dustbin especially along the roads. Even in shopping complexes I had to walk quite a distance to find one. 

There was no sign saying littering would be fined. There was no enforcement officer walking around. Even policemen were hard to find. I don't remember meeting one throughout my entire trip there. 

Everywhere was very clean so much so that I felt obliged to help keep the place clean!

Like what the Japanese did, I kept my rubbish in a little plastic and dispose it only when I happened to see a dustbin. 

So it is not the availability of dustbins that keep the place clean. Not even the enforcement. 

It is the culture! 

Life Lesson 101: When it is in our culture, enforcement is not needed. 

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