plastic pollution

Bring Your Own Cup (BYOC) challenge calls for residents to carry their own steel glasses, plates or containers instead of using plastic or paper cutlery. And post pictures it on social media with #BYOC.

Now, there is no definitive way to prevent microplastic contamination in oceans. But to decrease the contribution of microplastics, here are few materials which we can avoid in our day-to-day lives.

While finding a substitute for a pesticide for sugarcane crop, he was working on some wax moth caterpillars and realised two things.

Excessive plastic usage is a major problem in the food industry, especially when it comes to food packaging where the use of plastic carry bags and plastic containers is rampant.

"Companies like PepsiCo should collect back the plastic waste being generated by its brand items by itself or assign some party to do so."

Through Corporation Commissioner of Thoothukudi, these kids sent back all the plastic wrappers of food products they'd consumed in two weeks back to their respective manufacturers.

Manoj Nair, a prominent birdwatcher from Delhi had visited the Basai Najafgarh Wetlands, and there, one photograph of a black-necked stork, which had a plastic ring stuck in his beak, showed the plight that our wild animals and birds live in.

Plant-based packaging, shoes made of recycled material, plastic-free IT campuses — these initiatives could be a much-needed addition to the India's armoury against plastic pollution!

These actions serve as perfect examples and can be taken up by other states as well.

The turnover of the alternate and eco-friendly products industry is pegged at Rs 500 crore.