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The disease known as plastic |
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Many years ago, I would go to the market every day and make sure I returned with at least one plastic carry bag, so that I could line my garbage bin with it, as it was so convenient, leak proof and made emptying the bin so much easier this happens specially in Indian household. So each day there would be one large carry bag that took care of the vegetables, one for fruits and another one for other groceries. That would total to at least 2-3 bags a day. Later on I realised that there is no other material in the world which is harmful as plastic. Then i started using cloth carry bags and other environment friendly materials. People are trying there level best to use cloth bags and consciously recycling all their newspapers, milk packets, plastic, biscuit wrappers, tetrapaks, etc. But that's still a small percentage making a choice and affecting a small change Even our forest villages have succumbed to its menace. If you haven't noticed yet, little plastic islands have slowly begun to make an appearance everywhere. Like the ones that have formed in our oceans. Isn't it shocking that we are indifferently using a single use throwaway plastic carry bag and letting it ruin our environment? Are we aware of its repercussions? Perhaps we are realizing it now, 20 years of using this wonder material that it simply doesn't disappear. Now we only throw away and litter. And with populations increasing and consumerism on a steep rise but decreasing kitchen yards, negligible livestock, the capacity to biodegrade such high loads of waste has been majorly impacted. And the new age materials like thermacol, styrofoam, aluminium foil, hard plastic that are impossible to recycle are only making matters worse. But the solution to this lies individually with us and collectively we can bring about a change and improve our environment for our own survival. It's really simple. If each of us, act as change-makers, by influencing others, making them aware and showing them how, we can clear away these little plastic islands. Let's stop complaining and blaming the authorities, our local bodies. Let's individually take action I have done the same through the ambassador programme now its the duty of everyone of us to do the same and to understand the hazards of our actions and clean up our environment. It will simply ensure our own survival. Imagine a scenario where everyone of us responsibly carries a cloth bag or two every time we shop, lakhs of plastic bags will be saved ending up in our fields, rivers and forests! Every time you buy a product, buy organic with non-plastic packaging. Take extreme care of what you throw out. Compost, reduce, reuse, recycle. Only we can make that choice. A choice for cleaner air, water, soil and food, free from the a cancer called plastic! |
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33 Comments
Thank you for sharing.
Posted 29-08-2013 18:38
@balraj
Thanks
Posted 25-02-2013 23:37
@christy
We all should thats y we all are in tunza ecogeneration
Posted 25-02-2013 23:36
Nice article..
Posted 25-02-2013 10:42
You made a great point, Prabhul. So I've been always carrying a big shopper back so that whenever I buy something I don't need any plastic bags.
Posted 25-02-2013 09:30
@mradul
Yep we all are changemakers of tunza eco generation
Posted 25-02-2013 06:50
@ unmesh
True
Posted 25-02-2013 06:49
@guru
Thank You
Posted 25-02-2013 06:48
@dharmendra
Thank You
Posted 25-02-2013 06:48
@jainil
Thank you
Posted 25-02-2013 06:47
@raunak
Its my duty
Posted 25-02-2013 06:47
@firas
Thank You
Posted 25-02-2013 06:46
@simran
Well said
Posted 25-02-2013 06:46
@dhiroj
Thank you
Posted 25-02-2013 06:45
@kehkashan
Thank you
Posted 25-02-2013 06:45
@ Neha
True
Posted 25-02-2013 06:44
@jeonghyun
Thank you
Posted 25-02-2013 06:44
@rajshree
Thank you
Posted 25-02-2013 06:43
True ! We should be very careful regarding plastic ! and each one of us can be change maker and i guess we all are ! :)
Posted 25-02-2013 06:03
Yes, when we look at our garbage bin at the end of the day, we can understand the quantum of plastics we use each day which go to landfill (in most cases)...thx for the report
Posted 24-02-2013 18:29
real
good info
there is no words to describe your good report
Posted 24-02-2013 17:49
thanks for report
Posted 24-02-2013 17:47
Thnx 4 the report...
Posted 24-02-2013 15:42
Great work...
Posted 24-02-2013 15:41
Nice report
Posted 24-02-2013 04:48
Thanks for making us aware
Posted 23-02-2013 22:17
Good work friend :)
Posted 23-02-2013 20:17
It has become an evil choice by some consumers and an effort by others to get rid off
Posted 23-02-2013 19:24
Really plastic is a disease. You are doing a great work Prabhul.............Keep it up
Posted 23-02-2013 17:03
Great campaign.
Posted 23-02-2013 16:49
World existed without plastic covers, and we can all live without it if there is a will
Posted 23-02-2013 14:58
You're doing a great job! Keep it up! :D
Since it is required to use plastic bags to throw out garbage in Korea, we can get plastic bags at stores that we can use both as grocery bags and when throwing away trash. That way, we don't need to buy a cloth bag and reduce plastic use at the same time.
Posted 23-02-2013 10:35
You have done a great work. Thanks for the report.
Posted 23-02-2013 10:06