Alright, Goody Feed colleagues. I would like a show of hands how many of you had picked up litter recently.
A: Huh, why? Just let the cleaning auntie do it lah!
B: Ya lor, otherwise we pay them for what!
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C: Iโll get the maid to do it.
Boss: Pick up litter? Got time go write more articles!

But while Iโm disappointed in my imaginary colleagues, there is someone out there who cares about our countryโs trash problemโฆ
And he isnโt even from Singapore.
Toshi, The Hero We Donโt Deserve
In a Facebook post by Ivan Choong, he shared that he found a man doing a thing that basically nobody does in this country: picking litter.
Ivan got curious and asked him why he was doing that.
But as it turns outโฆ
The guy is Japanese and had been here for about two months staying in a hotel. Next week, he is going home, but he likes Sโpore because itโs very green and clean, so he helps to pick up the litter.
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The post went on to get 17k reactions, 916 comments, 8.7k shares and appeared on AsiaOne.
Toshi-sanโฆ Thanks for inspiring Sโporeans to do better!
Keeping Things Clean Is Part Of Japanese Culture
This isnโt the first time Japanese tidiness went viral on the news. Japan fans cleaned up the stadium after a World Cup match, and the national team left the locker room pristine.
Japan is, of course, also known for its clean culture.
But letโs talk a little bit more about the problems.
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Oh yeah, itโs real serious garbage talk here.
Post Going Viral Makes Me A Little Sad
You see, itโs the fact that a simple act of cleaning up gets so much attention, when it should be common sense.
The real problem isnโt the lack of a system. Sโpore does in fact have one of the better garbage disposal systems on the globe. But our country is artificially clean because most of our own citizens donโt have a culture of cleaning up.
No matter how good our recycling system is, recycling in Sโpore is still pretty much non-existent.
I think with how clean our country is, weโre too complacent with the system and it somehow gave us an excuse to produce more trash.
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Itโs the culture of consuming more and producing more garbage without thinking about the consequence. Got money means you do whatever you want with it right?
Weโre a throw-away nation who consumes too much and pretend to be clean because we paid some foreign worker to clean it for us and take credit for their cleaning work. Consuming too much and throwing away perfectly usable stuff is why freegans exist.
But what do I know, Iโm just a writer who likes to complain and cry too much.
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