This e-mail from Zita is self explanatory.
Dear Lucky and Mahendra,
We’ve been talking of measures to ‘save
the planet’ recently on the Batch Blog. And when I came across something our
batchmate Prof Sanath sent me I thought this link which came with it would be good
to share with our batch mates. This article deals with the damage done to sea
life and to the environment by man’s use of plastic bags and our present
unsatisfactory methods of dealing with waste.
I feel that it is only by
being ‘bombarded’ with such news repeatedly, that human beings will take this
subject seriously and do their bit to help.
Yours sincerely,
Zita
Zita, I share your concerns and agree that the message must be hammered home at every opportunity. Did you know that Sri Lanka is the 3rd ranked country in the world in plastic pollution of the oceans? Not a great honor is it?
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ReplyDeleteNice to see you back,contributing excellent ideas.I remember very well,during my days in Colombo,thousands and thousands of food parcels,wrapped in plastic bags,were distributed to office workers.Dosa Kada were using banana leaves to pack their food items that was very sensible and kind to the nature.Either the banana leaves were consumed by the cattle or contributed to soil,when rubbish collecting vans dumped them in so called collection sites.The composting was unheard of and incineration was the method of disposal,at least in Colombo.There were dumping sites alone High level road in Wellawatta and Kirulapane.I have experienced smelling pungent fumes emanated from those sites.
That, certainly, is new to me. All the more reason we should start stopping the use of and reuse as much as possible if it is absolutely necessary to use plastic bags. It is quite simple to do both. It's just that we are lazy and we take the easy way out. What's wrong with cloth bags which we can make ourselves and reuse after washing them when necessary? Zita
ReplyDeleteI think that any little step that we take as individuals will have a cumulative impact. The State of Connecticut has now passed a law that mandates that businesses charge 10 cents for every plastic bag that they give their customers. This has motivated most people to carry reusable bags when they go shopping. We should pressure local politicians to take action about these issues. That is something we can do.
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