My further thoughts......Banning will not work...People will just ignore and continue to defy it....Moreover it is not at all practical..there are many authorized and un-authorized manufacturing units of diverse plastic goods. But this sector is the bread and butter of lot of families.
The only way out is to dissuade people from using plastic. Ask them to reduce their dependence on plastic. Education or awareness creation is the key factor here....all educated people should volunteer to speak on this issue....For a plastic banishment to materialise let us focus our attention on schools..let teachers be educated on the perils of the indiscriminate use of plastic. Let them then pass on the message to their school children. Let this be a "take home" message. The parents will listen to their children. Leave it to the kids, they know how to influence their parents!
The next target group should be women. It is because it is this group that goes for shopping! Let them carry non plastic bags to the shops. If plastic bag has to be used, let them re-cycle it. Since being an influential member of the household, they can play a crucial role in the plastic banishing campaign. A plastic free civilization ( a generation too) can emerge from the lap of the mothers!
Of late there are way side vendors who sell all kinds of cheap plastic goods at throw away prices. We all fall for it. These cheap things can only be thrown away after a couple of uses! This only contributes to the mounting plastic waste hillock! Let us stop this business. Let these people sell something else. I now hear that our traders are going to China and importing such cheaply available plastic items! Plz stop this practice.....
Why not we create an environment monitoring mechanism at the panchayath/municipality or corporation level in our state? Let one of the councilors be the ombudsman of this mechanism.
I am just back from Lalur, infamous for its garbage mounts...On my way back I also visited a vegetable shop in Mannuthy...The vendor did not give the vegetables in a plastic carry bag..he wrapped everything in used newsprint. The ban is on....Let it continue for ever......
The only way out is to dissuade people from using plastic. Ask them to reduce their dependence on plastic. Education or awareness creation is the key factor here....all educated people should volunteer to speak on this issue....For a plastic banishment to materialise let us focus our attention on schools..let teachers be educated on the perils of the indiscriminate use of plastic. Let them then pass on the message to their school children. Let this be a "take home" message. The parents will listen to their children. Leave it to the kids, they know how to influence their parents!
The next target group should be women. It is because it is this group that goes for shopping! Let them carry non plastic bags to the shops. If plastic bag has to be used, let them re-cycle it. Since being an influential member of the household, they can play a crucial role in the plastic banishing campaign. A plastic free civilization ( a generation too) can emerge from the lap of the mothers!
Of late there are way side vendors who sell all kinds of cheap plastic goods at throw away prices. We all fall for it. These cheap things can only be thrown away after a couple of uses! This only contributes to the mounting plastic waste hillock! Let us stop this business. Let these people sell something else. I now hear that our traders are going to China and importing such cheaply available plastic items! Plz stop this practice.....
Why not we create an environment monitoring mechanism at the panchayath/municipality or corporation level in our state? Let one of the councilors be the ombudsman of this mechanism.
I am just back from Lalur, infamous for its garbage mounts...On my way back I also visited a vegetable shop in Mannuthy...The vendor did not give the vegetables in a plastic carry bag..he wrapped everything in used newsprint. The ban is on....Let it continue for ever......
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