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Reduce Reuse Recycle to Beat Plastic Pollution

Start Date :
Jun 03, 2025
Last Date :
Jul 03, 2025
18:30 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in collaboration with MyGov is organising this discussion to invite participants to share their journeys towards ...
Automation needed to reduce pollution
The "3 Rs" in plastic waste management – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle – are fundamental principles for minimizing plastic pollution and promoting sustainability. These practices aim to decrease the amount of plastic waste generated, extend the lifespan of plastic items, and convert waste materials into new, usable products.
The "3 Rs" in plastic waste management – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle – are fundamental principles for minimizing plastic pollution and promoting sustainability. These practices aim to decrease the amount of plastic waste generated, extend the lifespan of plastic items, and convert waste materials into new, usable products.
6. Set Up Cloth Donation & Bag Making Units in Every Ward
Enable local employment and cloth recycling through community-level manufacturing of reusable bags from old clothes.
7. Make BBV Redemption a Legal Obligation for Manufacturers
Penalize companies that fail to collect back their packaging or do not offer BBV and recycling plans.
8. Introduce Eco-Certification for Retailers and Brands
Brands and shops meeting BBV, reuse, and recycling benchmarks should be given "Green Retailer" certification.
9. Empower and Integrate Informal Sector in BBV Collection Chain
Design systems where 20% of plastic return is collected by ragpickers, offering them formal credit and incentives.
10. Support Industry Transition to Eco-Packaging
Help plastic manufacturers shift toward cloth bag production, steel container manufacturing, or biodegradable materials.
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to resent survey on ganga river the latest 2025 water contamination reports from the Ganga River with information about the Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus)
The Ganga River, revered as sacred and life-giving, is facing unprecedented ecological threats in 2025 despite years of cleanup campaigns and conservation promises. A recent comprehensive study by the Wildlife Institute of India revealed the presence of 39 endocrine-disrupting chemicals gengatic sharks are poorly known we have only juvenile wet specimen and although ban on fishing specimen are found in fish marke
Plastic pollution is a very big concern for environment.it should be resolve quickly.some suggestion has been given for it.
1 Always use cloth bag for shopping and related activity.
2 An environmental sankalp has been taken at mass level against plastic.
3 Plastic free home campaign has been started for involve and aware more people.
4 A social media awareness campaign has been started to connect more and more youth.
1. Mandate Cloth Bag Banks at All Retail Shops
Implement a refundable deposit model for standardized cloth bags, promoting reuse and local job creation through SHGs and NGOs.
2. Create Steel Container Banks for Liquid & Meat Products
Introduce reusable metal carriers with refundable deposits at every grocery or butcher shop.
3. Launch a Nationwide Buy-Back Value (BBV) System
Every item sold with plastic packaging must carry a printed BBV to ensure return and recycling by consumers.
4. Mandate Complete Packaging Returns for BBV Redemption
Consumers must return the full packaging (chips packet, wrapper, bottle cap) to receive full value—preventing microplastic leakage. (80% plastic bags will be returned by the costomers)
Soil also polluted by micro plastics
1. School Campaigns: Organize “No Plastic Month” or debates/poster competitions on plastic pollution.
2. Influence via Festivals: Use Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri, and Diwali to promote plastic-free idols, decorations, and packaging.
3. Street Plays (Nukkad Nataks): Use local theatre to deliver powerful anti-plastic messages in Hindi or regional languages.
1. Plastic Collection Drives: Organize school or colony-level plastic collection competitions and send waste to certified recyclers.
2. Tie-Up with Recyclers: Collaborate with recyclers like GEM Enviro, The Kabadiwala, or local scrap dealers.
3. Plastic-to-Road Projects: Petition local governments to use plastic waste for road building (already done in some Indian cities).
4. Segregation at Source: Educate people to separate wet and dry waste at home for easy recycling.