Rhino Lake is a small lake that lies in Chitwan district of Nepal, I visited the lake 2 days before and what I saw was really frustrating. Haphazardly thrown plastic bottles, wrappers and bags made me think about the future of lake. Numbers of plastics were not more but everything is people’s culture, I don’t know how people easily throw plastic bottle in such a beautiful lake.
I recently saw a news on BBC, “Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested '6 kg of plastic'”
Isn’t this a very big problem?
In Nepal we haven’t faced such a devastating condition due to plastic pollution, but due I can see the future, it can be worse than this news.
A research showed that, only in Kathmandu forty-seven lakhs plastic bags are used and disposed of daily.
In Nepal especially in Kathmandu WWF and other institutions are doing work to beat plastic pollution, but they are not fully successful.
In Kathmandu, Himalayan Climate Initiative in coordination with WWF tied up with Bhat Bhateni, one of the biggest retail chains in Nepal and distributed cloth bags at a subsidized rate. The initial three months brought huge success with our sales going up and a 33% reduction in the use of plastic bags. However, the real problem emerged only a few months later, despite the increase in sales, the problem of behavior change amongst the consumers was looming large. People bought the bags but weren’t using them. They realized that at the current rate, their efforts would take ages to bear fruit, so a change in approach was required and which had to be brought at the policy-making level. That is when the campaign, ‘No thanks I carry my own bag’ took shape and a ban on single-use plastics in Kathmandu was declared by the government.
Such types of activities are centralized in capital or big cities of country. Large number of lakes and forest are located in remote areas too. Nepal government along with NGOs can play great role in controlling plastic pollution.
As an ambassador of Tunza Eco Generation, I am trying my best for conducting awareness campaign in different school and localities.
I believe lots of small effort leads to a successful moment, so all of us can beat plastic pollution if we put effort.
I am planning to do something may be awareness, may be cleanliness program in Rhino Lake.
“Beat plastic pollution”
Together We can.
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8 Comments
Greetings Deepak
I hope you are doing well!
Thank you so much for this report!
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Hema
Posted 22-03-2020 11:09
Greetings deepak
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report.
I hope to read more from you.
Keep up with great works
Green cheers
Regards
Basanta
Posted 16-03-2020 04:06
Hello Gyeongrin mentor,
A warm Namaste from Nepal
Yes always small effort lead to great achievement
Awareness among people near rhino lake, placing boards that show clear message how plastic can effect wildlife etc can help to reduce pollution.
So i am trying to conduct a cleanliness and awareness program in Rhino Tal.
Thank You for your comments.
Posted 26-11-2018 18:25
Hello Joon Ho Mentor
A warm Namaste from Nepal
Yes it is truth but is bitter, Policies and legislation are very much stander and this cover every environment conservation aspects but its action in developing countries like Nepal is very difficult.
And about individual, util and unless each individual thinks that i must protect and save my environment, nothing gonna change.
I believe education and strict law can change nature of people. In developed country poeple have now culture to clean, make environment clean and dispose in appropriate place, other countries have strict law, people fear to throw waste outside due to fine or charge
I hope one day Nepali citizens will also make culture to make their environment clean not only their homes.
Thank You very much for your comments.
Posted 26-11-2018 18:20
Hello Deepak
'I believe lots of small effort leads to a successful moment, so all of us can beat plastic pollution if we put effort.'
When small works are added up it really brings big changes.
Your work must have brought positive impacts to your society!
Lets beat plastic pollution!
Thanks for the report :)
Posted 26-11-2018 17:19
Hello Deepak, though there are systematical support and existent policies that make people participate in reducing plastic product usage, it still lacks definite forms of individual approaches for not using plastic products.
Just like plastic pollution in rhino lake case, banning use of plastic bags won't affect leaving plastic garbage to the nature.
Thanks for reminding us of it
Posted 25-11-2018 21:45
Hello Rosa Namaste
Yeah i am good,enjoying my holidays
Yes people are not concern with the environment sanitation this is main problem.
I will try to mange a program, but i may not this time, because i have to go college which is 150 km far from my home town.
But during my stay i will try my best to coordinate a beautiful program.
Thanks for your comments.
Posted 23-11-2018 17:32
Hey Deepak!
I hope you are doing well. The site of what the lake area looks like is so appalling, I am deeply saddened at the fact that people still have this mentality of using single-use plastic. It ( as you mentioned) may indeed take up time to see actual change in our societies.
I cannot wait for you to start up your event, 'program in Rhino Lake'...sounds super exciting!
Thank you for sharing this with us Deepak!
Yours sincerely
R
Posted 23-11-2018 15:46