Avoid Plastics | Plastic Awarness

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Initiatives

• The best way to protect ourselves from this lethal hazard is to avoid the usage of non-biodegradable carry bags. • Instead it can be substituted by durable and re-usable jute bags or canvas bags. • Manufacturing companies should find brown paper or other alternatives for packaging and wrapping cartons. • Supermarkets should replace plastic bags with paper or jute bags at checkout counters. • Reduction of the amount of plastic used in packaging which is usually immediately thrown away. Re-use of plastics should be encouraged.
• Plastic wrapping and bags should carry a warning label stating the dangers of plastic pollution, and shoppers should be encouraged to use their own bags, or recycled paper bags. • Buy products with less Plastic packaging and tell store Personnel why you are doing so. Shoppers should use their own bags or recycled paper bags. • Support recycling schemes and promote support for one in your local area. • Practice and promote proper disposal of plastics in your home and at the beach. Always remember that litter generates litter. Never dispose of plastics in the sewage system. • At the beach dispose of plastics and other litter in the bins provided. If these facilities are inadequate, contact the local authority responsible and lodge a complaint. Take your litter back home with you if there are no receptacles on the beach. • Pick up any plastic litter you may see on the beach or in rock pools in the vicinity in which you are sitting or walking. Encourage young children to do likewise. • In the street never throw plastic or other litter out of your car or drop it on the pavement or in the gutter. • Set an example to others and encourage them to help. Plastics are not themselves a problem. They are useful and popular materials which can be produced with relatively little damage to the environment. The problem is the excessive use of plastics in one-off applications together with careless disposal.