STOP PLASTIC MAKE WORLD

FANTASTIC

By:- Bhaktivedanta Hospital Youth Foundation

What is this ????Just look carefully

This is river Mississippi which has been polluted by plastics

Is INDIA a Garbage Dump

there is a clear trend of shipping off the plastic waste of developed countries to under developed and developing countries like India.

India imported 7,841.8 metric tonnes of plastic waste from the US in the first half of 1994. India is the fourth highest Asian importer of plastic waste behind Hong Kong, Philippines, Indonesia.

DID U KNOW ??

Plastic takes 1000 years to decompose that means that the plastic bag which you used which will be still around when your great great great great  grand children are born.

More than a 100 million tonnes of plastic is produced world-wide each year.

Average Indian uses one kilogram  (kg) of plastics per year, the world annual average is a alarming 18 k

What Happens To All This Plastic ??????

litter the land

clogs the drains

goes to the sea.

Environmental Hazards

land pollutionanimals killed by the consumption of plastics

Air pollution toxic - fumes due to burning of plastics

HEALTH HAZARD

Cancenogenic - cancer causing

Areal disease - inhalation of toxic fumes

What Can U Do To Stop Plastic

1.use of paper bags or cloth bags

2 use of steel bottles or metal bottles for drinking instead of bisleri.

3. Educate users to the right disposal methods.

4. Reduce the no of users by reducing the population in the long run.

plastic is drastic- so keep away from plastic

thank you.