• Hello, I am E.ANUSH KUMAR of

R.J.MANTRA ENGLISH SCHOOL,

VIRUDHUNAGAR.

• I would like to share with you an incident which changed my whole attitude towards the usage of plastics in our daily life.

• Last year I visited the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve along with my parents. There I was thrilled to view the wild animals in their natural habitat.

• But I was shocked to see a deer lying dead, because it had eaten plastic bags.

• Later I noticed that the whole forest area was littered with plastic bags and pet bottles which were carelessly thrown away by the tourists.

• This sight made me very sad and disheartened.

• All these things happen because of the carelessness of our fellow humans.

• This made me swear that I will be more careful in using plastics in future.

WHAT IS PLASTIC?

• Plastic is a synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solid material.

•Plastics are polymers of high molecular weight.

•Polythene, Polyvinyl chloride, Polystyrene are largely used in

manufacture of plastics.

PROBLEM

• Most of the plastics do not decompose or some of them take at least 15 to 1000 years to degrade.

• The toxins released from them are also a serious threat to our environment.

• Non-degradable plastics accumulate at the rate of 25millions per year which fills up the land.

HOW DO PLASTICS DAMAGE?

• Plastics thrown on land can enter into drainage lines and choke them.

• Plastic wastes fill up the land and prevent seepage of rainwater into earth.

• Plastic wastes dumped into sea can affect marine wildlife.

• About 100,000 dolphins, whales and penguins die every year after ingesting the plastic wastes by mistaking them for food.

• Even in the forests, many wild animals die after consuming plastics or getting entangled and strangulated by them.

• Even after the decomposition of the dead animal, the plastic inside its body does not decompose.

• Thus it lies around the landscape where another animal may ingest it.

DESIGN to CHANGE

• The two best changes we can do are

* Use less plastics

* To reuse plastics when possible.

DESIGN to CHANGE

• Many products that come in plastic bottles are also available in glass bottles or tin cans.

• Use these whenever possible.

• Instead of buying bottled water, buy refillable water bottles.

• Paper, cloth & jute are most preferable substitutes for plastics.

DESIGN to CHANGE

• Do not forget to carry a cloth bag while going for shopping.

• Start saying a big “NO” to carry bags.

• Now I have reduced using plastics in my day to day life.

• Also I never litter anything carelessly.

• I am also spreading this message to my friends and relatives.

• I believe that this small effort taken by me will surely bring a big change in future.

• “Only small drops of water make up a mighty ocean.”

Community Service

Service we do in our school

• we are newly stared school, in our school we have a community service class. In this hour we are mainly concentrating to eradicate plastic and polythene bags pollution in our surrounding environment.