Avoid plastic, save world

Tanay Agrawal, Arya Vidya Mandir , Juhu, Mumbai

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Real pictures of deobnar dump

A lake now converted to plastic lakeTanay Agrawal, Arya Vidya Mandir

, Juhu, Mumbai


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Plastic bags Plastic packing Plastic bottles Plastic toys Plastic containers Medicine bottles And many more

The culprits


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Today lets talk about plastic bottles and containers – we carry everyday to have water beverages ,drinks and all kinds of cooked and uncooked food


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The answer is both yes and no. It really depends on the type of plastic it is made up of.

Are they safe for us?


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The question is how do we find out?

Its simple -------

Its all there in a code


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We all know what is this- yes it’s the sign for reduce, reuse and recycle but do you know


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No need to be so.

Confused ?????


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1,2,4,5 safe

3,6,7 avoid


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Turn the bottle or the container upside down.

You may have to strain your eyes, use magnifying glass or our favourite age old technique of using paper and pencil.

You will find a number on all plastic items and if you don’t – DON’T EVEN BOTHER TO USE IT.

Where would you find these magic signs?


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1. ONLY ONE MOTHER EARTH, WE DON’T WANT’ WALL e ‘ MOVIE TURNING INTO REALITY.

More usage means more waste and pollution.

2. YOUR HEALTH…PLASTICS MEANS DAMAGE TO YOUR BODY TOO

I know, you are wondering why should you bother


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In the U.S., 1,500 plastic water bottles are consumedevery second. Here’s why that’s a major problem for humans, the environment, and the animals on our planet.

Plastic bottles contain Bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used to make the plastic hard and clear. BPA is an endocrine disruptor which has been proven to be hazardous to human health. It has been strongly linked to a host of health problems including certain types of cancer, neurological difficulties, early puberty in girls, reduced fertility in women, premature labour, and defects in newborn babies – to name a few examples.

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/the-us-consumes-1500-plastic-water-bottles-every-second-a-fact-by-watershed.html




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=just-how-harmful-are-bisphenol-a-plastics


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In addition to the negative impacts of BPA and phthalates on human health there are also growing concerns regarding carcinogens and microbial contaminants that have been found in test samples of bottled water.

Plastic bottle tops are currently not recyclable, and as with plastic bags they often end up at the bottom of the ocean, and in the stomachs of a variety of animal species that mistake them for food. One albatross that was recently found dead on a Hawaiian island had a stomach full of 119 bottle caps.

More Harmful Effects

https://www.lush.co.uk/content/view/570


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t’s harder to recycle plastic bottles than you think. Of the mass numbers of plastic bottles consumed throughout the world, most of them are not recycled because only certain types of plastic bottles can be recycled by certain municipalities. They either end up lying stagnant in landfills, leaching dangerous chemicals into the ground, or they infiltrate our streets as litter. They are found on sidewalks, in parks, front yards and rivers, and even if you chop them into tiny pieces they still take more than a human lifetime to decompose.

It gets worse. In the case of bottled water, the plastic-making process requires over two gallons of water for the purification process of every gallon of water.

Cost of making plastic bottles

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/06-when-recycling-is-bad-for-the-environment


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Reduce- Avoid buying bottled water. We can carry our own bottles. Its easy. Ask your parents and grandparents. They

used to carry the water from home in the containers of metal.

Now shatter proof glass bottles are available too.

We can use plastic(lets give it the credit it deserves)it is convenient but carry our own bottles with magic numbers of 1,2,4,6 only.

What can we do?


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For this concern I have started this campaign so that we use less plastic bottles.

Visit me on my web page

My bottle – my planet campaign


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So lets take a pledge today to carry our own water bottle everywhere we go

Education

Avoid plastic, save world