The photo that is being displayed here is the glimpse of polluted land near our house at Mugalivakkam,in Chennai. This is a not a rare pic, you can see this kind of stuff in many parts of Chennai. Not particular about Chennai, in any part of Tamilnadu we can see this.
In the initial days, I was thinking that , why the water in this area is not getting dried. But when days passed on , I got some time to examine this polluted land. When I started to have a closer look at it, from my terrace. The more things that filled this area is not water or plants or some fillings , Its full of polyethylene bags, that is given for free of costs from every shop that we buy some things.
Even if we make a purchase for Rs 5 or less than that , we are getting it free of cost. Because its cheap. If I get a milk packet(made of plastic) that is given to me covered by a polythene bag(another plastic). This means, the entire world is getting filled with plastics slowly & steadily. The worst thing is that ,we will not use it for more than one time. If we get a banana at night time for 10 Rs , the banana Wala is happily packing it inside the polythene bags & handing it to us. After making our way to home, we eat the fleshy part of the banana and will "neatly pack the skin of banana" inside the polythene bags and will throw it in the street or some waste land..
Guys think about the previous statement that we are packing a Biodegradable waste inside a Non-Biodegradable waste and making the it (banana skin) also as a Non-Biodegradable waste. This how the land gets filled and the same has been captured in the above pic.
Recently Government has strictly enforced a law through which , all the bags that are given from branded shops and some super markets are not given free of cost. This is some thing that can be welcomed. We thank government for enforcing this act strictly. But how far the law has an impact on small petty shops ranging from tea shop to the roadside Banana vendor. We cant wait the government to enforce a law to the road side sellers and petty shop's.
At my home(in Karur) when I went to buy cool drinks to a teashop opposite to my home.As soon I got two half litre bottles the women over there offered me a carry cover(polyethylene bag).I said I can carry it in my hand for the next few steps.Also I said her don't provide bag unless it is asked by the customer.she smiled and nodded her head. The same is the scenario with the road side banana vendor. But the worst thing here is , Even If I advice him not to provide the carry cover to any customer without their request. Everyday when I purchase, he puts it in the carry cover. I will remove the cover and will hand it over back to him. We both do it as a routine.:)
We cant blame them. It is one of our responsibility to protect our environment. We are educated, its our duty to protect the environment by educating others too.
Try avoid buying polyethylene,unless it is very necessary.
Try to reuse it, instead of buying a new one.
Dispose it in to the appropriate dust bin,so that it can be recycled.
Simply to say:
REDUCE....REUSE......&....RECYCLE
If the change needs to be effective, It can not be brought from outside , it needs to come from inside.
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