How do you know one who regards nature? Simple! They keep their surrounding clean. I have seen people dress so well, drive nice cars but throw trash out of the car window. This happens in countries where laws are weak.
The consequences now leave with us, causing damage to human and infrastructure.
Indiscriminate disposal of solid wastes block waterways, reducing the speed by which water flows to low level areas. Tons of plastic or non-biodegradable wastes still clog the drains resulting in excessive flooding.
According to Nigeria Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria lost 2.4trillion naira (approx. half of the entire federal annual budget for 2012) to flooding.
In spite of the humongous loss to flooding many of the citizens still do not adopt good practices in disposing their solid wastes. While an appeal to the public to stop them from throwing wastes indiscriminately may work, economic incentives in the form of fines, seems to be a better option.