a script saying no to polythene
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Say no to Plastic Bags
- The usage of plastic bags has become a part of life style in the 20th century. People go empty handed to the shops and return with loads of plastic bags. The concerns of Plastic bags towards the environment are too huge to ignore.
- Plastic bags were mostly made of 'polyethylene' which is made out of petroleum. If you find the words PE on any plastic bag, be sure that it was made out of Polyethylene. Petroleum as we know is a limited natural resource, which can be exhausted if used irrationally. Besides, numerous toxic chemicals were released while manufacturing the Polyethylene.
- A plastic bag once thrown on the ground takes centuries together to degenerate. Since most of the plastic bags we use are not biodegradable, they would just break into small pieces and will never completely decompose into the earth!
- The plastic bags left as a garbage would severely affect the wild life. Stray dogs and cows would eat them along with the food left in them. Marine creatures would mistake them to be jelly fish and consume them. Even the sea birds and turtles also eat the pieces of plastic bags thinking them to be of some kind of prey. Such an intake is almost fatal to creatures either instantly or in the long run.
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The Manav Seva Samiti of Ashok Vihar organised a campaign (from the 9th to the 14th of this month) to create awareness about the hazard of polythene bags. The campaign was named ‘Say No to Polythene Bags’. Banners bearing this slogan were displayed at various places in the locality. Members of the Samiti divided themselves into groups of four. Each group visited the people in their homes. People were told how the use of polythene bags polluted the environment. They were told that polythene was not biodegradable. These bags could choke the sewers. They could also spoil the fertility of the soil. Shopkeepers in the locality were requested to give up the use of polythene carry-bags. People showed great interest in the campaign. Many of them promised never to use polythene bags in future. The campaign was a great success. Everyone in the locality praised the Samiti members for their good work.