Giridih, Say No to Poly Bags

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Giridih, Say No to Poly bags!

AN ENVIRONMENTAL VISION FOR GIRIDIH DISTRICT


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Poly bag culture

In India it got momentum in 1970s

Every year 500 billion plastic bags are used

worldwide (500,000,000,000)

More than 100 Million tons of plastic is produced

every year across the globe.

In India 1 Kg plastic is used per person in a year

(the global use is 18 Kg & the urban India is very

close to that level of consumption).Source: United Nations Environment Programme


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About 5 Million tons of plastic products consumedin India every year.

Central Pollution Control Board estimates about10000 tons of plastic waste is generated acrossIndia daily.

As per these estimates everyday about 5 Tonplastic waste is generated in Giridih More than50% of that from 10 major locations.

The consumption growth isalarming as it has severe

environmental hazards.


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Poly bags - packaging materials

HDPE -economical disposable plastic bags to carry groceries etc.

are made of High Density Poly Ethylene

LDPE

smaller plastic bags for containing and storing food andother items are made of Low Density Polyethylene

Plastic sachets, zipper and pouches

Bin bags to collect garbage


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Alarming facts about poly bags

Plastic bags kill at least 100,000 birds, whales,seals and turtles every year

Plastics with a thickness less than 35 microns

are the most harmful ones which are mostlygiven out by the retailers and take away food

outlets

Food is not safe in these and has chances of

cross contamination

It takes almost 1000 years for

plastics to decay and mix with soil


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The advantage factor of poly bags are its lightweight, portability, high strength, low cost and

capacity to hold liquids also.

The highest disadvantage of poly bags are its

environmental and life hazard.

The existing alternatives to poly bag arefollowing:

1. Biodegradable bags made from fabrics, popular as Thaila2. Nylon bags that can be used and reused several times3. Paper bags and packets4. Wicker basket, jute bags, sacks5. Canvas bags


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Hazards of poly bags

Littered plastic bag garbage presents unhygienic

scene.

The poly bags choke the drainage causing over

flow of drains, it spreads waterborne diseases.

Animals, fish and marine species die of eating

these poly bags

misunderstanding the plastic garbage as food item

swallow them and die.


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New Rules for Plastic Waste Management by Union

Environment Ministry notified ..

To fix a minimum price for carry bags as well as ban theuse of plastic sachets for storing, packing, or sellingchewable tobacco.

Municipal authorities will have to notify the minimumprice for carry bags taking into account factors such assize of the bags, material cost and waste managementcost in order to encourage reuse and minimise waste.

A ban on plastic bags (below 20 microns) has alreadybeen imposed by various states and also in a few townsand districts in India. It is going to extend this to other

parts of the country also.


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Perspectives of various stakeholders:

CostStrength

Portability

Retail

er

Consu

mer

Manufa

cturer

Limiting Factors:Reckless behaviourOpen littering

Limited alternatives

Poor waste management

No waste recycling


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Say No to Poly bags in Giridih!


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Suggested strategies for Giridih

Massive district campaign started in various phases Mass awareness and motivation

Procurement of alternative bags at subsidized price.

Monitoring and penal provisions for enforcement of

eco-sensitive No Poly bag campaign.

Rehabilitation of traders & suppliers engaged in poly

bag trade.

Improving Solid Waste Management

Setting up recycling units by Municipality with local

NGOs and other social entrepreneurs.


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Mass Education & Awareness

Target partners -Peoples representatives, NGOs, Schools,Youth Groups, Media

Possible interventions

Development of supplementary curriculum forschools and school based activiteis.

Rally, nukkad, marathon like mass events.Road show and interaction with shop keepers

audio visual and print IEC materials & display


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Providing alternatives

Target Partners: Corporate, Line Agencies,

Designers, Traders, local bodies Plan for procurement and supply chain of poly bag

alternatives.

The cost of such can be further subsidized by

printing advertisements on the bag.

Lots of local industrial units are aggressively campaigning their brands

Large IEC materials are published by various Govt agencies at stateand district level.

These together can significantly bring down the cost of alternativebags. The reusable bags can be encouraged from traditional materialsby suitable advertisements to make it fashionable. This requires adistrict cell on bag designs involving local designers.


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Rehabilitation of Plastic bag manufactures and dealers

Target partners : Local Bodies, traders, Bank, IndustryDepartment

The rehabilitation plan should come out with someneed assessment meeting

and analyzing the possible scope of their engagementin alternative packaging materials.

The district can facilitate capital mobilization for their

engagement in alternative packaging trade or recyclebusiness.

This could be a real good model of shifting them to thecause of No Polythene Campaign.


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Monitoring and ban enforcement

Target Partners - Community Organizations,Home guard, Traffic police, Media

Intensive monitoring and enforcement is required forsuccess of the campaign.

The penal amount should be symbolic and minimal butevery time reminding the people about the socialoffence they are committing.(can be used for infrastructure development, operational costs, IEC & Municipal

gains)

It would be also interesting to daily highlight theincome from penalties to make the campaign ahousehold debate.


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Recycling

Target Partners : Municipality, NGOs, Social Entrepreneurs,Banks, State Pollution Control Board

84 percent (by weight) of municipal solid waste could bereused, recycled or composted instead of being buried or

burned. An exception is plastic, which comprises about 7 percent by

weight or 20 percent by volume of municipal solid waste.

Due to technical and financial limitations, less than tenpercent of plastic is currently "recycled."

The district plans can involve local municipality, urban bodies,NGOs and social entrepreneurs in developing alterativestrategies of solid waste management and recycle of polybags.


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Time to work together to minimize poly bag

waste towards

A healthy, happy, clean and safe

Giridih!


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THANK YOU

Giridih, Say No to Poly Bags

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