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Bamboo stirrers: Corporate offices and handy. One needs to encourage others to ditch
public places have gradually replaced plastic plastic containers for packaging.
coffee/tea stirrers with those made of wood or
bamboo.There are also stirrers that are made of Eco-friendly decoration: Instead of
herbs. balloons, choose more environmental-friendly
decorations such as flowers, DIY paper flowers,
Fluid ear care products: Instead of using paper lanterns, recycled bunting.
earbuds that have plastic sticks, ear drops can be a Reusable Glass or Mug: Take a reusable
great alternative. According to a rough estimate, glass or mug to office or school and save the
nearly 1.5 billion cotton buds are produced every environment.
year; an average person disposes of close to 415
buds every year. If one is not comfortable with Crop waste to packaging material:
fluid ear washes, there are also buds that are Conversion of crop stubble waste into
made using sticks made of paper. If you use the biodegradable packaging material utilizing the
ear buds for makeup, opt for cotton as a power of Bio-technology.
makeup remover tool.
Eco-lution cups: Eco friendly biodegradable
No more plastic Bottles: Get yourself a steel cups in which dormant seeds were embedded
bottle for the long-term instead of a plastic one. which later on grow into healthy plants.
As you take the leap and switch to these
Reusable glasses eco-friendly options,
and cups: A large you’ll find yourself
number of disposable cups living more
made of plastic ends up in sustainably and happily,
landfills each year. As a knowing that you’re
corrective measure, one not harming the envi-
can stick to reusable ronment.
glasses and cups. From
glass to ceramic, there The single use plastic
is a wide variety of ban in India was recently
cups and lids available. imposed. So it will take
time for it to be
No more plastic cut- effectively implemented.
lery: Each time you order food, request the As educationists, we can advocate for mass
restaurant to not include plastic cutlery. Reusable scale awareness through different mass
bamboo utensils are an ideal alternative. One communication media available so that the
can also try keeping travel cutlery set to make it larger section of our society may be brought
easier for oneself and the planet. So, try using under the ambit.
reusable bamboo utensils or invest in a travel
cutlery set. Crockery using sugarcane residue is The responsibility of the implementation of
also a good Government’s orders lies on us so today we
alternative. take oath to eliminate Single Use Plastics from
the country.
Eco-friendly contain-
ers: Opt for reusable and
decomposable containers
in place of plastic Dr. Racchna Saddi References:
Principal
containers. Stainless steel Sumermal Jain News articles, Social Media, Visit to 3 day fair on phas-
lunch boxes can come in Public School ing out of single use plastic organised
by Department of Environment.

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