We are often told to not pick up things off the ground because doing so is rather improper. Aluminum soda and beer cans lay to the side of sidewalks and even in yards of local businesses. What would it take for someone to just pick up after themselves? This idea that waiting for someone else to take care of the problem can only work for so long. People should be more inspired to clean up mess whether they have made it or not.
When cleaning up garbage scattered around, you and others around you will notice. A whole strip of grass would look completely different with trash scattered all over it. If this were to be cleaned, it shows that there is someone out there that cares enough. If you regularly clean up areas, people will notice. Those people might be inspired to keep their community clean as well.
In conclusion, you can make impactful changes around you that you and others are bound to notice. When you take a trash bag and some rubber gloves, you can change the area that you live in. Work as a community to keep your local businesses and roadways pristine. Anyone that happens to arrive in your town will notice your community's ability to collaborate and take care of the town they live in.