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It is easy to say no to plastic

Kiran Wadhwa, Hindustan Times April 16, 2012 First Published: 01:04 IST(16/4/2012) | Last Updated: 01:05 IST(16/4/2012) Ads by Google IndiaMART-B2B Marketplace www.indiamart.com - Search from over 14 lakh Suppliers! Genuine & Verified Suppliers Only.

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Yaana chhabra picks up bottles, bags or anything plastic she sees lying around, even if it is on a crowded street. Ayaana is two-years old. A part of the five-member Chhabra household in Andheri, Ayaana barely uses any plastic. The Chhabras dont use plastic bags, line their bins with newspaper instead of garbage bags, and do not even eat packaged food to avoid the plastic wrapping. In a city where there is plastic waste almost everywhere you look the railway station, roads and drains there are many cutting down on plastic. Environmentalists say that being plastic-free is not possible, but there are simple ways to reduce usage. Plastic bags clogging city drains was cited as one of the main causes for the havoc of July 2005 floods. As of 2008, India used about eight million tonnes of plastic products every year. Plastic comprises 6% of the citys daily solid waste, say civic officials.

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To cut out plastic, start with what you consume, said Hemant, Ayaanas father, who runs a homestay at his organic farm, Hide Out, in Thane district. A simple packet of chips leads to plastic accumulation. Eat fresh food, be healthy and eliminate plastic. The civic body has plots in every ward, where rag pickers segregate plastic waste that is then sold to private recyclers. But recycling is not enough. For example, a milk packet cannot be recycled into another milk packet. It will be recycled into a lower grade of plastic that cant be recycled further. While the Chhabras attempt a plastic-free life, Navy Children School in Colaba is polythene-free. We are not yet plastic-free, but we banned polythene bags last year, said principal Girija Singh. Students and teachers do not carry any plastic bags in school. The school has designed red biodegradable bags that is sold for Rs20. The school has not banned plastic containers, but no single-serve PET bottles are allowed. The canteen does not sell even bottled drinks. Parents tell us that now their children protest if they use plastic at home too, said Singh. For Nilima Nagarkar, the ugly view from the train made her cut down on plastic. Now, our family of four helps spread the plastic-free message, said the 52-year-old homemaker. But while awareness drives teach children to be plastic-free, it is not yet part of our culture. At Bhaji Gully,

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Grant Road, 200 vendors stopped using plastic after the 2005 floods. They sold cloth bags instead. The practice continued for five years, but last year protests began. Customers wanted vegetables packed separately so we had to use plastic bags, said Subhash Patil, a vendor.
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Shikha Sharma

We need a strong and concentrated campaign to curb the pollution caused by plastics. The ban on plastic bags is very hard to put in place as packaging has taken its roots in our day to day life. Moreover, it is not possible to buy milk in a paper bag or cloth bag. The only way out of this problem can be that our old plastic should be replaced with oxo-biodegradable plastic so that it becomes biodegradable in open environment in the same way as a leaf. UAE has already banned plastic products except oxo-biodegradable plastics( February, 2012). Oxo-biodegradable plastics are those which biodegrades in the presence of oxygen in a timescale which can be approximately determined by the chemical formulations which is added to normal plastic at the extrusion stage. The chemical formulation which can be added to normal plastic is symphonys d2w technology. Symphony is a British public company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Also, because Oxo-biodegradable plastics can be manufactured by local factories therefore there will be no loss of jobs. The technology is not expensive at all. It is unfair to burden our children and grandchildren with this problem as there is something we can and should now be doing about it.

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