3rd Jan 2016, it was the first Sunday of this year and Art of living volunteers of Aligarh decided to start the year with a reformation note and spread awareness. .
Small plastic bags are omnipresent on roads these days and cause great damage to the ecosystem which has evolved over millions of years. Plastic is unique as being non biodegradable, its not decomposed by natural cleaners.
These plastic bags
However the sad thing is that plastic pouches are very extensively used in almost all packaging today and many Indians consider city to be a dustbin. We approached a lot of shops in centre point area and asked them to spread awareness on handling of polythenes.
Many curious onlookers approached us and we informed them about our mission. Although we collected close to 8 -10 garbage bags full of plastic however there was still a lot of garbage on roads and unless young generation takes initiatives to remind others that city is not dustbin things wont change on ground.
Waste plastic on ground is a frankensteinian monster and once fully unleashed will cause havoc and make course correction later very difficult. Hence amends should be done now.
What can we do ?
Thanks to Devashish and Kratika for the wonderful idea and to all others for joining us. Some beggar children came to us for begging and we gave them our gloves and employed them :)
Team in Action
Small plastic bags are omnipresent on roads these days and cause great damage to the ecosystem which has evolved over millions of years. Plastic is unique as being non biodegradable, its not decomposed by natural cleaners.
These plastic bags
- When merge in soil compete with plants and inhibit their growth by being stuck in roots, by depriving grasses of sunlight and reduce the fertlitity of ground.
- They choke the drains and also come in way of ground water recharge.
- When burned they cause greater damage and pollute the air by producing noxious gases.
- When consumed by cattle it kills them
- Billions of small plastic bags are disposed in oceans and cause great damage to ocean ecosystem as well.
However the sad thing is that plastic pouches are very extensively used in almost all packaging today and many Indians consider city to be a dustbin. We approached a lot of shops in centre point area and asked them to spread awareness on handling of polythenes.
Many curious onlookers approached us and we informed them about our mission. Although we collected close to 8 -10 garbage bags full of plastic however there was still a lot of garbage on roads and unless young generation takes initiatives to remind others that city is not dustbin things wont change on ground.
Waste plastic on ground is a frankensteinian monster and once fully unleashed will cause havoc and make course correction later very difficult. Hence amends should be done now.
What can we do ?
- Please politely remind people throwing garbage that city is not a dustbin and point to the nearby dustbin.
- When in need of reusable cups, spoons and utensils prefer leaves based utensils over plastic
- Make polythene expensive like in US and Europe, and include special cleaning cost in manufacturing cost too as its not degraded by forces of nature.
- Making it mandatory to use plastic in road construction as its a good way to dispose plastic and also make water resistant roads. (Already being done in Highway construction at some places)
Thanks to Devashish and Kratika for the wonderful idea and to all others for joining us. Some beggar children came to us for begging and we gave them our gloves and employed them :)
Team in Action
Spreading Awareness
The Team
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