To save the earth from plastics,
a lot of activists protest against the use of plastics. A few years back the
shopping malls started this trend of charging for plastic carry bags hoping it
would deter the customers from buying carry bags. They hoped that the customers
will bring their own carry bags and reduce the plastic consumption. But
(Fortunately for the stores, and unfortunately for Earth), customers dint mind
paying little bit more for those plastic carry bags. There was no reduction in
plastic consumption.
Recently, some activists
protested saying that majority of the waste is non degradable plastic that is
harmful not only to environment but also to the future generations. And they
wanted a ban on use of plastics.
When we think about where the
plastics are being used, it is literally everywhere. The packaging material for
almost all the product in the market is plastic. It is because, plastic comes
cheap.
Some researchers in Australia
have found a new material called ‘Plantic’. It looks and feels like plastic,
only that plantic is made of starch and is easily dissolvable in water and
degraded by earth. The company should start thinking about switching from
plastic to plantic for some products at least.
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