Factsheet 13 Breakin Plastic Moulds

Much is being written about plastics these days---newspapers are full of stories about the plastic menace, governments are up in arms banning polybags around the country, schools and colleges are launching awareness drives to ban plastics. But they are still around. And will be around for times to come. Not only strewn on the roads or choking drains and rivers, but also inside our homes. Over the last 50 years plastics have anchored themselves in almost every sphere of material existence. Traditional materials such as jute, cotton, wood, coir, paper, cardboard rubber and glass are fast being replaced by a variety of plastics. It has completely invaded our lives, our homes. The moot question is can we break this plastic mould?