Plastic...Plas ARE WES

Plastic, an integral part of life has reached from mightiest to the minutest creation. The impact is visible and direct but not limited to the immediate one.

- Dr Vivek S Agrawal

Globally efforts are being made to reduce and restrict usage of plastic but instead of quantity reduction it is growing disproportionately. It appears like a malignant growth which grows faster with an attempt to fix it at the site. Also, efforts towards corrections to the plastic induced problem have not made significant impact. Instead of yielding positive outcomes in terms of reduced use, it is being used in several new forms. Current thrust is limited to direct usage of plastic, but indirect usage has been growing in this materialistic world. In the indirect form, Community does not understand how plastic is being used to worsen the environment. Every day, knowingly or unknowingly, a new form of plastic emerges to the usage stream and keeps growing. If investigated analytically, plastic in any form entered at a small scale but within no time got habituated. Basic problem lies within dual standards of life. On individual use, it is not considered as a problem being small in quantity or mindset of no option available. But, if used by someone else, it harms the environment. Unfortunately, blame always goes to the government policies. In casual conversation also, it is expected from the government to ban all kinds of plastic. The most desir