Newtown siblings Airlie, 3, and Austin, 8, joined forces this week to prevent the spread – of litter.
That’s the theme of this year’s Keep Australia Beautiful Week ending Sunday.
David Villarosa described his kids as “rubbish Nazis” remembering when Austin, then 3, wrote to a fast-food chain asking why they had no recycling bin.
“I think the staff at his daycare wrote the letter for him,” David said.
“He still asks why they don’t because we frequently go there.
“If they notice something that is recycling in the rubbish, they’ll take it out and put it in the right bin.”
Despite people staying at home, more disposable coffee cups, takeaway containers, masks and gloves are finding their way into the litter stream amid COVID-19, according to Keep Australia Beautiful.
The organisation encouraged Australians to post photos of themselves doing the right thing this week.
“The kids are pretty into Zoom so Austin will probably get onto his classmates and tell them to do the same,” David said.
Details: kab.org.au.
