[Camping] How Litter Affects Rivers and Waterfalls
How Litter Affects Rivers and Waterfalls Let’s stop pretending this is an accident. Rivers don’t magically fill themselves with plastic bags, mineral water bottles, diapers, instant noodle cups, cigarette butts, or that cursed styrofoam box from your nasi lemak. People do this. Campers do this. Visitors do this. You do this. Rivers and waterfalls are not trash cans with scenic views. Every piece of rubbish thrown “just this once” doesn’t disappear. It floats downstream, gets stuck between rocks, clogs riverbanks, and slowly turns crystal-clear water into a moving landfill. That waterfall you proudly posted on Instagram? Downstream, it’s choking on your rubbish like it’s gasping for air. Plastic doesn’t dissolve. It breaks. Into microplastics. Tiny poisonous particles that enter fish, insects, frogs, and eventually — surprise — your own food chain . So congratulations. You didn’t just litter nature; you poisoned it. And yourself. And don’t start with the classic excuse: “The...