PLASTIC OR NO PLASTIC.

WELL THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY CAME AND WENT .THERE WERE SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS TAKEN YESTERDAY.

IN SRINAGAR I HAVE SEEN THE DAL LAKE SO POLLUTED WITH ALL TYPES OF WASTE ESPECIALLY PLASTIC WASTE.THE SHIKARA I TRAVELLED WITH MY FRIEND IN ALMOST MOVED INCH BY INCH AND THE HOUSE BOATS WERE PARKED IN THE SIDES AMIDST SO MUCH CLUTTER THAT I MYSELF WOULDNOT STAY ON IT FOR THE VIEW OF DUMPED WASTE.OF COURSE THERE WAS A CLEAR STRETCH TOO BUT THE SHIKARAS DID NOT OR WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO THERE.

IN TODAY'S HINDU NEWSPAPER I SAW A PICTURE OF THE DAL LAKE CLEARED OF PLASTIC WASTE AND A WOMAN RIDING SMOOTHLY ON HER BOAT.NOT FULLY OF COURSE.BUT ATLEAST THE MOVEMENT HAS STARTED.

HERE ARE CERTAIN PICTURES TAKEN BY MY FRIEND AMALA, PICTURES OF THE DAL LAKE WHICH IS NOT SHOWN IN ADVERTISEMENTS.

AND THERE WERE SEVERAL SHOPS ON THE POLLUTED STINKING LAKE AS WE PASSED BY ON OUR SHIKARA.

THE SAME THING IS TRUE ABOUT THE WORLD FAMOUS  VENICE.THE WATER WAS SO POLLUTED AND STINKING SO THAT WE NEVER VENTURED TO TRAVEL ON THE GONDOLAS AS THE BOATS ARE CALLED OVER THERE.

WELL BACK TO THE PLASTIC SCENARIO IN TAMIL NADU.NOW THE AWARENESS IS STARTING AND SEVERAL STUDENT ORGANISATIONS ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO CLEAR PLASTIC FROM OUR ENVIRONMENT

THIS AGAIN A PICTURE FROM THE HINDU NEWSPAPER. NOW I HEAR THAT PLASTIC IS TO BE BANNED FROM TAMILNADU FROM JANUARY 2019.BUT HOW FAR IS THE BAN GOING TO BE POSSIBLE? SINCE SEVERAL SMALL FACTORY OWNERS WHO MAKE PLASTIC CARRY BAGS .PLATES.SPOONS AND STRAWS USED IN HOTELS WILL SUFFER AND ABOUT FIFTEEN LAC PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THESE FACTORIES. THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS MUST HAVE TAKEN HUGE LOANS FROM THE BANKS.THEY WILL GO BANKRUPT AND THE EMPLOYEES WILL SUDDENLY LOSE THEIR JOBS.AND THAT IS NOT AT ALL GOOD.

WELL NOT A BAN BUT PROPER DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC WASTE SHOULD BE DONE.THE TAMILNADU GOVERMENT IS ALREADY SETTING UP PLASTIC DISPOSAL UNITS .BUT THERE SHOULD BE DOOR TO DOOR PICK UP.OTHERWISE THE KABADIWALAHS OR WASTE THING VENDORS AND THE HOUSE KEEPING STAFF IN ALL THE BUILDING COMPLEXES WILL PROFIT AND RECYCLED PLASTIC IS MORE DANGEROUS IN PRODUCING CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES THAN NORMAL PLASTIC.

WELL PLASTIC IS USEFUL TO CARRY THINGS AND IF SUCH CARRY BAGS ARE NOT USED TO STORE OR SERVE FOOD  THEN IT MUST BE OK.SINCE CLOTHES GROCERY ETC CAN BE SUPPLIED IN CARRY BAGS.BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PET BOTTLES WHICH CONTAIN COLD DRINK.IN THIS HOT HOT SUMMER WE TEND TO STORE SEVERAL BOTTLES OF SOFT DRINKS IN OUR REFRIGERATORS.IF THESE DRINKS ARE GIVEN IN GLASS BOTTLES THE GLASS BOTTLES WOULD HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE OWNERS OF THE SHOPS OR THE DRINKS THEMSELVES WOULD BECOME MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.AND THE RETURNED GLASSES WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEANED PROPERLY OTHERWISE THEY WILL HARBOUR  INFECTIONS.IN MY CHILHOOD DAYS AND EVEN IN MY TEENAGE YEARS I REMEMBER SMALL PAN (BETEL LEAF )SHOPS IN KOLKATA SELLING SOFT DRINKS IN GLASS BOTTLES.WE USED TO RETURN THE GLASS BOTTLES TO THE SHOP OWNER.IN THE EVENT OF BUYING SEVERAL BOTTLES FOR THE HOME A CERTIN AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT WAS NEEDED WHICH WOULD BE REFUNDED ON RETURNING THE BOTTLES.

AND THERE WAS THIS  HARINGHATA DAIRY MILK WHICH USED TO BE SERVED IN BOTTLES WHICH HAD TO BE RETURNED THE NEXT DAY IN EXCHANGE OF FRESH MILK.THERE WERE SEVERAL MILK BOOTHS WHERE WE USED TO GET THIS MILK EARLY IN THE MORNING.THEN MILK WAS SUPPLIED DOOR TO DOOR IN PLASTIC POUCHES AND THE FAMOUS HARINGHATA DAIRY BECAME DEFUNCT.

DEFINITELY PLASTIC MUST NOT BE USED TO STORE OR CONVEY FOOD.THAT IS CERTAIN.PLASTIC MAKES THE FOODS CARCINOGENIC THAT IS CANCER PRODUCING TENDENCY.

BUT PLASTIC CARRY BAGS ETC CAN BE USED TO CARRY OTHER SUBSTANCES.BUT THE MAIN POINT IS THAT WE, THE PEOPLE MUST BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND AWARE ABOUT THE PROPER DISPOSAL OF THE PLASTIC WE USE.

AND NOT CREATE  SUCH MOUNTAIN OF PLASTIC WASTE.GLASS BOTTLES WERE USED BEFORE TO SUPPLY MILK,SOFT DRINKS ETC.GROCERY SHOPS USED TO PACK FOOD ITEMS IN PAPER PACKETS.SO WHY CANNOT THIS SYSTEM BE REVIVED ?AND IF USE PLASTIC CARRY BAGS FOR CARRYING ITEMS EXCEPT FOOD AND WE DISPOSE THE PLASTIC WASTE PROPERLY PLASTIC FACTORIES NEED NOT BE SHUT.AND THE LACS OF EMPLOYEES NEED NOT LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

SO THE SUDDEN BAN OF PLASTICS WILL NOT AND CANNOT HAPPEN BUT WE CAN AVOID IT IN FOOD ITEMS AND TRY TO CREATE AWARENESS FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF THE PLASTICS AND THERE SHOULD BE A STRICT BAN ON RECYCLED PLASTICS.THE POOR USE CHEAP RECYCLED PLASTIC PITCHERS TO STORE WARE IN WATER SCARCE CHENNAI.AND THAT MAKES THE WATER CARCINOGENIC..

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAYS WILL COME AND GO.THE CELEBRITIES WILL TALK ON TV AND LIVE OF FACEBOOK AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO TEACH PEOPLE TO DISPOSE PLASTIC PROPERLY EACH AND EVERY PERSON SHOULD  BECOME AWARE OF THE BENEFITS AND DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF PLASTIC.THROUGHOUT THE WORLD .OVER THE OCEAN SO THAT OUR CORAL REEFS AND MARINE CREATURES WILL STAY SAFE.AND THE WORLD WILL ONCE MORE BECOME CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL.AND THE OCEANS BLUE AND BEAUTIFUL.AND PILOT WHALES DONOT COME TO SHORES AND DIE BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONSUMED LOADS OF PLASTIC.

DREAMING ABOUT A FUTURE WHERE WE CAN SEE BEAUTIFUL LAKES AND RIVERS AND OCEANS,BEAUTIFUL BIRDS AND MARINE LIFE,AND BREATHE CLEAN AIR.