• Food and drinks stored in plastic bottles can contain trace amount of Bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic chemical that interferes with the body’s natural hormonal messaging system.  Repeated re-use of such bottles—which get dinged up through normal wear and tear and while being washed— increases the chance that chemicals will leak out of the tiny cracks and crevices that develop over time. BPA can also wreak havoc on children’s developing systems. Even Plastic Water and Soda Bottles should not be reused.  About 100,000 animals such as dolphins, turtles whales, penguins are killed every year due to plastic bags. Many animals ingest plastic bags, mistaking them for food, and therefore die. And worse, the ingested plastic bag remains intact even after the death and decomposition of the animal. Thus, it lies around in the landscape where another victim may ingest it.

SOLUTIONS:

Awareness campaigns- Stop using plastic bags. Educate people about the plastic pollution and its effects on our environment.  Road show in regards “No to plastic bags”, and display of banners on the walls of slums, colonies and societies areas. join hands with the Municipal Corporation to take the corrective measures, to do timely inspections.  And last but not the least support NSS, NGOs, Volunteer agencies and others to organize in all society slums, colonies and rural areas.