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As-salamu alaykum steemian, my name is Abdulganiyu Ahmed from kaduna state Nigeria. Today I will be talking about how trash are been dispose in my environment.

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Waste disposal has become a major problem to the people of my community. Due to the absence of trash cans, people have little knowledge on how to properly dispose they trash.

A Picture of Trash been dumped in canal.

With the accumulation of trash every day, members of the community has decide to dump they trash anywhere they think is appropriate which are mostly canal and pond. Some even burn them, and most of this trash are plastic waste which when burn, releases harmful chemical which pollute the air.

Picture of Trash been dumped in pond.

Another dangerous thing about dumping trash in pond is that, some of these water body are used for irrigation by the nearby farmer to supply water to their crop (vegetable). This water may content heavy metal which is deadly to plant.

Picture of a pumping machine use to irrigate nearby farm.

Picture of a nearby farm that is been irrigated with the pond water.

With the present of Trash in water, it is a good breeding ground for mosquito to lay their eggs and look for food which in turn causes malaria.

Dumping trash in canal can accumulated and block the drainage system, and with no where for water to go during rainfall can lead to flood in the community.

My contribution in saving my community from this crisis.

Over the years I was able to assemble a team which are also members of my community to educate other members of the community on how harmful their trash disposal is. With all our effort little has change, they waiting for the government to provide trash can at every junction in the community.

I have also made many effort to contact the city representative but no positive feedback.
We have all agree to a final conclusion where each house in the community will contribute a certain amount of money to purchase trash cans. And hopeful all trash related problem will be solved very soon.

Special thanks to @klen.civil for this opportunity to share my contribution on how I am helping to save my community and the planet as a whole, and I also hope to be a member of this community very soon.
Thank you for reading.
Cc. @steemcurator01
Mea alsalamat arak qariban.