A RETIRED ward councillor Rabie Mhlaba is calling for disposable nappies to be banned.
He’s concerned about the amount of used nappies being dumped in Lillydale Village, outside Mkhuhlu, in Mpumalanga.
“I took a walk to the village dam a few days ago. There are houses near our beautiful dam, but what hurt and disturbed me was filthy, used nappies dumped all over the place.
“Even when walking through the village, I spotted stinky nappies thrown in the streets. So how do we live in such conditions? Where are we going as society?
“I know that women, in particular, will hate me for calling for disposable nappies to be banned, but living in a dirty environment means a short lifespan because of diseases.
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“The municipality provides bins, but people do not use them.
“We must work together to keep our environment clean because cleanliness is next to godliness. God didn’t create us to be lazy,” he said.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs’ principal environmental officer Miyelani Mhlari said: “Let’s go back to taking care of our beautiful environment. We have programmes in schools for water preservation, as well as community environmental awareness campaigns. We’re always trying to encourage people and kids to live in harmony with the environment.”
how to live with the environment. The pupils especially in the high school identify any environmental challenges within the school is , so they need to come up with activity that makes awareness.”
A resident, Ritah Mathebula (45) said: “The banning of disposable nappies will take us back to those difficult times when mothers were forced to spend time washing cloth nappies whether it was cold or rainy. So, as villagers, we need to sit down and see how we can solve this problem.”
