En temps de crise économique, cependant, il est important de se rappeler que les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières.
However, in this time of economic hardship, it is important to remember that every little bit helps.
Nous avons un proverbe qui dit: les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières, ce qui signifie que beaucoup de petites pollutions occasionnent donc avec le temps autant de dégâts qu’une catastrophe d’envergure.
We have a saying in Dutch to the effect that many small ones make a big one, by which token many small incidents of pollution are, in time, as important as a major disaster.