"The first wealth is health" - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Have you ever heard of that quote? Just by looking, reading, and listening to that saying, it automatically gives an impactful meaning, right? That is because it is true though. Without good proper health, we humans will not be capable of doing anything, not even going through our daily lives. In this day and age, it is ever so common that we are exposed to the sudden news of the discovery of new diseases. The closest example to give is undoubtedly, covid-19. It was the largest in the history of a pandemic. New variants keep on existing without us getting the solution or vaccine of the previous versions created yet. Due to this, the death rate in our country has been affected. It has led to countless deaths which is absolutely heartbreaking. " In Malaysia , from 3 January 2020 to 6:03am CEST, 24 May 2023 , there have been 5,094,448 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 37,070 deaths " reported to WHO. I
Recently, a colleague of mine went on a boat trip at Sungai Klang. Throughout the ride, the boat sailer shared the current situation of what is it like in the area. The highlight of the sharing session was the fact that about 60% of the Sungai Klang river bed is full of solid wastes. Yes, the garbage that we, humans produce every day without fail. Even more surprising, this happened due to overflowing daily garbage that no longer fits in the landfills available in our country. From what we are aware, m ore and more raw materials are produced and being used yet very little to zero amount is recycled. As a result, there is an overload of undisposed rubbish not only on land but also in rivers. This will affect our surroundings and ultimately the Earth. Because of that, we decided to make that issue the main problem of our group project for a subject. We tried to come up with a solution as to how we could possibly help better the situation. Among the recommendations include improving recyc