"When we go for a walk, bike ride or hike, we usually take some gloves and bags with us. No instant results but he is optimistic about change down the line."Before I met Rasto, I thought garbage on the ground didn&CAP SLITTING MACHINE Company39;t concern me."One person's a litterer, another's a cleaner. You drop litter, I pick it up.He, himself, began doing so and has been picking up litter every day since."I took the first step by no longer buying bottled water for work.Their main piece of advice, however, is one that may sound like a no-brainer but makes a world of difference: all it takes is one piece of garbage a day. Then if we see something we can just stop, pick it up and walk on. It's people's mentalities that should change.Participants post selfies on a social network each time they pick up a piece of litter and put it in the rubbish bin. People just watched us from their cars," recalls the 30-year-old, who has launched an anti-litter campaign from his western village of Rovinka.
Slovak financial analyst Rastislav Krul and his wife once waited out an hour-long traffic jam by picking up several bags worth of rubbish around a rest area off the motorway."Maybe it'll stop them from tossing their next beer can or bubble gum wrapper.Their idea is simple: anyone who picks up at least one item of trash a day qualifies as a Wastebuster."For us time flew by, for them it went slowly," he adds, picking up yet another plastic bottle on a weekend stroll around a lake.Rastislav says setting an example is like a long-distance run.She says they do not stop at one piece of trash a day."You can do it on your way home, on the way to the cinema or while waiting for the bus. They also plan to provide tips and tricks on how to reduce waste."They don't have to plan anything or specifically go somewhere to pick up trash," he says.Slovak financial analyst Rastislav Krul launched the campaign from his hometown Rovinka The Slovakian couple get up and about any time they see people littering the the area they move through."Rastislav # has even managed to win over his boss: "When he's out with his kids, they sometimes pick up trash. Instead, I brought a glass water bottle that I fill up and use," says Rastislav."When people see us picking up trash, they never join in.