How can an individual help in keeping the environment clean and healthy?

Hint: As a citizen, it is every individual’s duty to keep the environment clean and healthy. A clean environment helps prevent health hazards and helps with sustainable development. A clean environment keeps diseases in control and is also aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Complete answer: Everyone should take steps towards keeping their immediate environment clean. That includes their house, their locality, their city etc. One must start at home. A household generates a lot of dry and wet garbage every day. Dry and wet waste must be segregated and disposed off only in separate garbage bins.
After the plastic ban issued by the government, one must consciously keep away from plastic. All the previously accumulated plastic must be reused and recycled. Plastic must not be thrown as it is not biodegradable, and will take more than 1000 years to decompose.
Eco friendly products must be used. Items such as jute bags, recycled paper bags, and cloth bags must be promoted. Plants must not be cut, and one must make it a point to plant more and more trees. It not only beautifies the environment, but also purifies the air we breathe. Public transport should be used as much as possible and short distances must be walked. Water and electricity must be used very carefully and one must see to it that they aren’t wasted. Finally, as a citizen, one must be aware of the needs of their environment. Endangered species of plants and animals must be protected by spreading awareness and community efforts.

Note: Keeping the environment clean is not an individual task. It requires the mindfulness and actions of an entire community. Thus these individual and community actions must be highlighted.