In Thrissur and elsewhere, there is going to be a ban on plastic carry bags.....I doubt how effective this will turn out to be....10 years ago, i tried to educate the traders at Ambalavayal, Wayanad on the ill effects of its unscrupulous use. I have to get back to see if it is still around...Though the use of black coloured carry bags are banned for carrying food items, I think I am seeing it almost everywhere. White, transparent or black, it is the convenience that ordinary people look for...
So, will ban help? Nope...ban will work, if we can banish this thing from the mindsets....Educate and encourage people to REMEMBER to carry bags (cloth, plastic (yes, one which will stay for atleast 5 years), paper etc etc each time they shop. Politely decline the offer of a carry bag every time you shop. Erect big posters near traffic signals about the perils of reckless plastic use and wastage.
My train stopped a few kms (in that usual place) before Ernakulam station...One loses count of the plastic bottled strewn there.....As citizens what is our responsibility towards Earth?
Yup...extinction is a biological reality...and man is preparing the ground for that!
So, will ban help? Nope...ban will work, if we can banish this thing from the mindsets....Educate and encourage people to REMEMBER to carry bags (cloth, plastic (yes, one which will stay for atleast 5 years), paper etc etc each time they shop. Politely decline the offer of a carry bag every time you shop. Erect big posters near traffic signals about the perils of reckless plastic use and wastage.
 |
| This is now becoming a very common scene |
Yup...extinction is a biological reality...and man is preparing the ground for that!
No comments:
Post a Comment