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Plastic Bags, Green the Gene, and YOU ! All of us at TUNZA Eco-Generation are very keen environmentalists and so definitely know about the harms and the damage that plastic bags, especially the ones used for grocery shoppings, do to our ecosystems and most importantly to us. In this article I share the story of a Green the Gene campaign that took place simultaneously in New Delhi, India and Nairobi, Kenya, which got extremely intensive at both the locations but ended up with an excellent outcome and even the passing of a legal resolution. Aiming for a Plastic bag free Delhi: We held rallies and demonstrations, and held parallel campaigns in Delhi, India and Nairobi, Kenya. Green the Gene achieved a tremendous amount of help and support from the shop owners, sales people, consumers, and even the government. What we accomplished: These efforts bore fruit and after days of relentless campaigning, petitioning, writing letters, here is an important Victory, due to the continued hard work of Green the Geners and volunteers across Haryana, India whose continuous hard work and efforts got the supermarket chain "SRS Value Bazaar" to put a complete stop on using plastic bags for groceries ! That is 19 stores not using plastic, but an innovative alternative. These effort combined with constant lobbying of the government, petitions to the Chief Minister of Delhi resulted in this. The Delhi Cabinet on Monday, 4th April,2011 approved a blanket ban on manufacture,sale,storage and usage of plastic bags under Section-5 of the Environment (Protection) Act,1986. Delhi Authorities, were instructed to strictly enforce this ban, applying to all plastic bags and those involved in their manufacturing and distribution. In Nairobi, our campaigns also yielded a similarly excellent result, though we are still striving to achieve a complete ban on these by the government. Other results, thanks to the incessant campaigning by the very dedication Green the Gene volunteers led to results such as supermarkets converting to a very innovative replacement to plastic bags- a fully compostable 100% starch carry bag. First used by the supermarket chain SRS. |
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Thank you for sharing, Madhav Datt!
Posted 27-11-2014 08:50
Plastic bags can be useful and efficient also. Plastic bags can be destructive if we cannot handle and dispose it properly. But I am favor in eco bagd still! In just my point of view.
Posted 10-11-2014 18:08
great job Madhav! it's not an easy job to ask the sellers not to use plastic bags since they consider these economical and convenient for the buyers.
Posted 07-11-2014 22:36
Good job Madhav and entire Green the Gene team. Your effort is worthy for banning plastic bags and switch on to totally recyclable bag
Posted 07-11-2014 19:54
Thanks for reporting & sharing this achievement. Plastic is light but indeed is a very heavy burden on Earth's atmosphere.
Posted 06-11-2014 18:47
Well done Madhav!
Convincing a supermarket to shun plastic bag is a big achievement.
The real change will come when people carry jute bags from their homes for shopping. WE should not accept plastic bag even if it is offered.
Posted 06-11-2014 14:40
This is such a great news, Madhav! I'm glad more and more people are taking initiatives to strengthen environmental protection and awareness. Continue doing a great job! Kudos!
Posted 04-11-2014 18:31
Wonderfull initiative Datt.we also spearhead the ban of non-biodegradable plastic bags here in CAMEROON. thanks to environmental advocates,activist and the Tunza Eco-generation environmental networking platform that helps the people to be aware of the dangers of such products.
Posted 04-11-2014 18:13
Great job , Madhav. As Christy said , its not easy to convince grocery stores to give up plastic as they seem very handy and cheap to pack grocery items. The results show who effective the campaigns or rather movement "No to plastic" was. What I also like is that this movement was carried in New Delhi and Nairobi . Thanks for inspiring us and highlighting the serious issue of plastics, Madhav.
Posted 04-11-2014 15:18
Well done Madhav good to know plastic is getting banned in different parts of India.
Best of luck for future
Posted 04-11-2014 10:55
Great work done, Madhav! I feel so proud of you!
Giving up using plastic bags in grocery stores must cause inconvenience.
So 19 store is really meaningful number. In terms of owners of the shops,
compromising the customer convenience is never easy.
Thumbs up you and your team and please go on the effort until it spreads all over the globe :)
Posted 04-11-2014 09:13
good job and good luck Madhav Datt
Posted 04-11-2014 05:07