What can we do to reduce overuse of plastics?


In order to reduce the overuse of plastics, the following steps can be taken:

  • Re-use plastic bags whenever it is possible to do so without any adverse effects. Neglect re-use of plastic bags for storage or storage of food items to store food items.
  • Insist that shopkeepers use paper bags or jute bags to carry goods purchased,
  • Do not use plastic bags, especially to store eatables.
  • Don’t fill plastic bags with the wastes of plants and animals, such as peels of vegetables and fruits, egg shells, and bone pieces of animals, and throw them here and there in open places. Animals may eat such plastic bags for the sake of food items. Later on, these cause the deaths of animals such as cows, buffaloes, dogs, and other stray animals. These plastic bags, sometimes suffocate them or choke the alimentary canal which causes indigestion of food and elimination of undigested food.
  • Do not bum plastic bags and other plastic items because they emit harmful gases.

Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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