When so much is going on in the world about global warming and measures being taken to control it, I thought I would add my bits to it.
Plastic is so commonly used in our everyday life that everything we buy comes in plastic covers. The problem is that most of the this plastic is non-recyclable and non-degradable. The result is that the waste land is getting filled up with this junk plastic. While we may not have control on many things happening in the world, we can take some measures to control it as responsible citizens. I have got some suggestions, read on.
Try and reduce using the normal plastic covers provided in the super stores to carry your weekly grocery shopping. Re-use the plastic covers instead of getting new covers every time. Even better is to use the plastic bags sold in the super stores for e.g. tesco bag for life which are completely recyclable and reusable. These bags cost only 10 pence each. Also Tesco promises to replace the old bag with a new one free of charge when the old one is worn out. We have been using for few days now and we found them very comfortable to carry groceries as they don't hurt your hands because they got good handle to hold.
Another most common usage of plastic in our daily life is the plastic cups that we use at work to drink tea/coffee/water. These cups are made from oil (fossil fuel) which is going to be extinct soon so it is important to recycle these cups. But I would suggest you stop using these plastic cups....
). It again costs a pound or two. The only problem I see is that you will need to wash your cup every time you go for tea/coffee but it's hardly an effort.
Also buy a water bottle and stop using the plastic cups. I am yet to buy a water bottle but will be doing it soon.
There are so many ways like these where we can try and contribute to the enviroment.
2 comments:
Good article Prashant.
I remember the days when we carried the Tesco bags and used them for our dust bin.
Plastics are such a harm to the biological cycle. Even though they come up with the bio-degradable plastics, it takes around 50-70 years for them to get decomposed by half the amount.
So the purpose is not actually solved. We can try using the coconut sack bag. That could be a better solution. In countries like India, which is losing its affinity towards agriculture, this could provide lots of opportunities, inturn growing the coconut cultivation and related industries (like timber, tender-coconut, etc)
Once I wroten a letter to the Tamilnadu chief secretary regarding this. But I was a fool to expect any response from them.
Thanks Arun, using coconut sack bags is a good idea. But yes, you cannot receive response from the Govt. Good you at least wrote to them, may be they will reply if you keep pestering them with more letters like in the movie, Shawshank Redepmtion!
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