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WHY PLASTICS ?
plastic consumption.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
PLASTICS :
TOP GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION SAVER
Among The Top 10 Green House Gas Emission Saving Sectors - 4 are Plastics
Piping
Insulation Materials Packaging Automobiles
• Jute
• Textile
• Paper
• Degradable Plastics
Source – Report by Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering, IIT - Delhi
AIR & WATER POLLUTION
Polyethylene Vs Paper
150
107.8
100
Environmental Burdenon
Polyethylene
CommonScale
67
43.1
50 29 28.1 Paper
10.8
9.9 6.4 6.8
6.8 1.53.8 1 0.5 0.5 0.2
0
GJ SO2 Nox CH4 CO Dust COD BOD
Energy for ↑
Manufacture Emissions →
Source: Scott, G and Gilead, D., Editors, Degradable Polymers, Principles and Application, Chapman & Hall, London, 1995
PLASTIC & TEXTILE BAGS
• Convenient for carrying fish / meat / poultry and other wet food
Plastic grocery bags consume 40% less energy during production and
generate 80% less solid waste after use than paper bags.
Paper bags generate 70% more air pollutants and ~ 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags do.
Toxicity
Biodegradability
Fact:
• Plastics are inert materials and do not pose any danger of toxicity
• Emissions during processing of plastics are well within regulatory norms
(study by SIIR – Delhi)
Issue:
waste
conditions
fake bags
possible or difficult
Issue:
Facts:
• France dropped its earlier proposal for banning of normal plastic bags in
favour of Biodegradable Plastic Bags on the direction from EU Parliament
PLASTIC CARRY BAGS : GLOBAL MATRIX
• Australia has plans to reduce the use of thin HDPE bags by 50%
over a period of three years
‘A’ – WARD
MUMBAI
‘A’ – WARD
MUMBAI
free of cost
– Conversion to Fuel
Bawana, Delhi
RECOMMENDATIONS
COUNTRIES
INDIA
SAME
RECOMMENDATIONS
INDIA – 1999