Index

S.No. Title Page

No.
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. CERTIFICATE
3. ACTION PLAN
4. OBJECTIVES
5. INTRODUCTION
6. SURVEY
➢ QUESTIONNAIRE
➢ RESPONSES
7. ANALYSIS
8. REPORT
9. STUDENT’S
REFLECTION
10. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Action Plan:
1. Eliminating the use of unnecessary plastics
with a focus on waste prevention.

2. Improving waste collection and

management processes to minimize leakage.
3. Increasing plastic recovery for reuse and
recycling.
4. Monitoring city-wide activities aimed at
reducing, minimizing and managing plastic
waste, in an effort to optimize interventions.

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OBJECTIVES;

1. What are plastics?

2. What is plastic pollution?
3. Various factors influencing plastic
pollution.
4. Methods for proper disposal of
plastics.
5. Harmful effects of Single Use
Plastics.
6. How to use plastics in a ecological
way.
7. Usage of Reusable Plastics.

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 Survey:
Questionaire:
1. Do you think plastic pollution is a global problem?
o Yes
o No
o Not sure
2. Which of the following plastic products do you use
frequently? (Select all that apply)
o Plastic bags
o Plastic bottles
o Plastic straws
o Plastic food containers
o Plastic cutlery
o Plastic packaging
3. Have you ever consciously reduced your use of
single-use plastic?
o Yes, frequently
o Yes, occasionally
o No, but I plan to
o No, I haven't thought about it
4. Which of the following alternatives to single-use
plastic have you tried? (Select all that apply)
o Reusable water bottle
o Reusable shopping bags

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 o Reusable coffee cup
o Metal or glass straws
o Bamboo or wooden utensils
o None Of The Above

Responses:
The responses have been recorded and converted to a
graph:
Do you think plastic pollution is a global problem?

Yes No Not Sure

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 Which of the following plastic products do you use frequently?

Plastic bags Plastic bottles Plastic straws Plastic food containers Plastic cutlery Plastic packaging

Have you ever consciously reduced your use of single-use plastic

Yes, frequently Yes, occasionally No, but I plan to No, I haven't thought about it

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 Which of the following alternatives to single-use plastic have
you tried

Reusable water bottle Reusable shopping bags Reusable coffee cup

Metal or glass straws Bamboo or wooden utensils None Of The Above

Analysis:
It is observed that 60% of population knows
the possible risks and awareness of plastics.
But the thing is that they don’t try to avoid it.
Due to the following reasons:
1.High availability of Single Use Plastics
2.Low cost
3.Easy for transportation.
Therefore, the people cannot get rid of these
plastics by the issues.

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Report:
Pollution from plastics is a global emergency
in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a
report.
The Environmental Investigation Agency
(EIA) says there's a cascade of evidence of
harm from plastics.
It argues that the plastic pollution threat is
almost equivalent to climate change.
The air we breathe now contains plastic micro
particles, there’s plastic in Arctic snow, plastic
in soils and plastic in our food.
It's reported, for instance, that about 20
elephants in Thailand have died after eating
plastic waste from a rubbish dump.

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Student’s Reflection:
➢ Action for creating awareness
Earth Day 2020 is the 50th Anniversary of
Earth Day. Celebrations will include activities
such as the Great Global Clean Up, Citizen
Science, Advocacy, Education, and art. This
Earth Day aims to educate and mobilize more
than one billion people to grow and support
the next generation of environmental activists,
with a major focus on plastic waste.[277][278]
Every year, 5 June is observed as World
Environment Day to raise awareness and
increase government action on the pressing
issue. In 2018, India was host to the 43rd
World Environment Day and the theme was
"Beat Plastic Pollution", with a focus on
single-use or disposable plastic. The Ministry
of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change
of India invited people to take care of their
social responsibility and urged them to take up
green good deeds in everyday life.

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Bibliography:
1.Plastic pollution - Wikipedia
2.Plastic pollution | Definition, Sources,
Effects, Solutions, & Facts | Britannica
3.https://www.scribd.com/648799052/Plastic
-Menace
4.We Depend on Plastic. Now We’re
Drowning in It.
5.Marine Pollution and Human Health -
Google Books
6.www.google.com

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Introduction:
Since the days of ancient we have been
dumping our trash at sea. Back in those days,
the oceans could easily handle the waste, but
today, both the nature and the quantity of trash
have changed. Today, what gets tossed
overboard can have a deadly impact on marine
life and cause problems for other boaters.
Plastic, the wonder material that we use for
everything, is perhaps the most harmful of this
trash because it does not readily break down in
nature. In fact, the plastic that goes over the
side today may still be around in hundreds of
years to foul up the fishing gear, boat
propellers, and beaches of future generations,
not to mention what it will do to countless
generations of marine life and seabirds that eat
it or get tangled up in it.
Careless disposal of plastics can have dire
consequences. The six-pack ring, which
relieves us of having to juggle six cans at
once, can become a deadly noose for a bird or

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fish. A plastic bag looks like a tasty jellyfish to
an indiscriminate feeder like the sea turtle, but
plastic is indigestible. It can choke, block the
intestines of, or cause infection in those
animals that consume it. A plastic bag can also
clog an outboard engine's cooling system. Lost
or discarded monofilament fishing line can
foul propellers, destroying oil seals and lower
units on engines, or it can become an
entangling web for fish, seabirds, and marine
mammals.
According to the Center for Marine
Conservation, over 25,000 pieces of fishing
line were collected from Indian beaches
during the 1996 annual beach cleanup, and at
least 40% of all animal entanglements
reported during the cleanups involved fishing
line.
Every day, more and more plastic are
accumulating in our oceans. Recreational
boaters are not the only group that improperly
disposes of plastic refuse at sea. Plastics also

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enter the marine environment from sewage
outfalls, merchant shipping, commercial
fishing operations, and beachgoers.
Plastics pose a serious enough threat to the
marine environment that, in 1987, Congress
enacted the Marine Plastic Pollution Research
and Control Act. This law prohibits the
dumping of plastics in all over the country
waters and applies to all watercraft -- from the
smallest recreational boat to the largest
commercial ship. In addition, marinas are
required to maintain adequate facilities for the
disposal of refuse regulated under this act.
You can do something to reduce plastic
pollution.
You Make it a rule that no trash goes
overboard, especially old fishing line, which is
particularly hazardous to marine life.
You Substitute reusable containers and other
items for disposable ones to reduce the volume
of trash.

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You Stow your trash for proper disposal in
port.

Plastic really is fantastic. The problem is

improper disposal. Remember that a careless
moment may last for generations.
Plastic is the general common term for a wide
range of synthetic or semi synthetic organic
amorphous solid materials suitable for the
manufacture of industrial products. Plastics
are typically polymers of high molecular
weight, and may contain other substances to
improve performance and/or reduce costs.
The word Plastic derives from the Greek
(plastikos), “fit for molding”, from (plastos)
“molded”. It refers to their malleability or
plasticity during manufacture that allows them
to be cast, pressed, or extruded into an
enormous variety of shapes – such as films,
fibres, plates, tubes, bottles, boxes, and much
more.

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Plastic Pollution
Plastic is one of the few new chemical
materials which pose environmental problem.
Polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene
is largely used in the manufacture of plastics.

20% of solid municipal wastes in India are

plastic. Non-degradable plastics accumulate at
the rate of 25 million tons per year. According
to an estimate more than 100 million tons of
plastic is produced every year all over the
world. In India use of plastic is 3 kg per
person per year

Plastic Problems
Plastics are used because they are easy and
cheap to make and they can last a long time.
Urbanization has added to the plastic pollution
in concentrated form in cities. Plastic does not
decompose, and requires high energy ultra-
violet light to break down.

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Plastic thrown on land can enter into drainage
lines and chokes them resulting into floods in
local areas in cities as experienced in Mumbai,
India in 1998. It was claimed in one of the
programs on TV Channel that eating plastic
bags results in death of 100 cattle per day in
U.P. in India. In stomach of one dead cow, as
much as 35 kg of plastic was found.
More than 90% of the articles found on the sea
beaches contained plastic. The plastic rubbish
found on beaches near urban areas tends to
originate from use on land, such as packaging
material used to wrap around other goods. On
remote beaches the rubbish tends to have
come from ships, such as fishing equipment
used in the fishing industry.
This plastic can affect marine wildlife in two
important ways: by entangling creatures, and
by being eaten. Aquatic animals mistake
floating transparent plastic bags for jellyfish
and eat them. A recent US report concluded
that more than 100000 marine mammals die

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each year in the world’s oceans by eating or
becoming entangled in plastic rubbish, and the
position is worsening World-wide, 75 marine
bird species are known to eat plastic articles.
Health hazards of plastic:
A chemical found in plastics used in water
bottles, food cans and even dental fillings,
could pose a serious threat to the user’s health,
researchers claim.
Research on lab animals has linked the
chemical to prostate enlargement, declined
testosterone, pre-cancerous breast cells,
prostate cancer, changes to the genital tract,
early puberty in females and hyperactivity.
It also acts as an endocrine disruptor meaning
it can interfere with the hormone system.

Precautions
“Ideally, the best methods of reuse are ways
that will keep these plastics out of the landfill
the longest.”

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Plastic water and soft drink bottles are sold
with the intention of single use, then recycling,
they can be safely reused if cleaned and
handled properly. The keys are to ensure that
the bottle is not damaged, has been thoroughly
cleaned before each use, and is filled with
clean tap water.

Different ways to reuse the plastic bags:

1. Use them to dust off out-of-season on
shoes or seasonal articles.
2. Use the bags as gloves to clean dustbins,
or using pesticides.
3. When packing a suitcase, use them to keep
shoes from soiling clothes and dirty things
from clean ones.
4. To protect small outdoor plants from rain
or frost at night, cover them with bags and tie
the handles tightly around the pots. Be sure to
take the bags off in the morning.

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5. Use as a barrier between you and your
trash: for those with infrequent trash pickups,
use as an extra layer for strong smelling
kitchen waste. Or replace trash bags: use for
the bathroom, the car, or even to replace
kitchen trash bags.
6. Use as over dirty shoes to avoid tracking
mud, or to put over shoes while doing
gardening.
7. Ask stores if they will take the bags back.
Encourage your local retailer to do the same.
8. For those who are interested in something
a little bit more long lasting, consider learning
how to craft with plastic bags, like carpet,
shopping bags.

Reuse of Plastic Container

Clean plastic food containers make great toys
for your child/children.
Use plastic food containers to store leftovers
in the freezer.

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They could be used as great lunch containers
in kids’ school lunches.
Use as drawer organizers. They can round up
jewelry, extra buttons, bobby pins, safety pins,
and business cards, whatever you've got.
Can be use as wrapping gift items / parcels.
Can be modified to make pots for starting
seedlings.
Bigger containers work well to hold food
scraps or dustbins.
Small and medium sized plastic containers are
great for travel containers for your home-made
baby food and snacks.

Best Practice
• Start saying NO to carry bag when you can
carry things in your hand.
• Don’t forget to carry a cloth bag from
home when you are heading for a purchase.
• Keep a set of bags always in your bike/car.

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• Avoid packing goods in multiple plastics
which can packed in a single.
• You can use thick/black plastic which can
be recycled.
• Recycle a carry bag for at least 10 times
before you throw

Conclusion:
“It is better to be safe than sorry”. So, a better
idea will be to avoid this plastic as far as we
possibly can.
These bags should be re-used as many times
as possible to avoid entering the waste stream,
but ultimately avoiding plastics all together is
crucial to reduce our footprint on this earth.
Until it becomes second nature, REUSE is
MUST.
If we neglect this today, our tomorrow might
be in a problem. Realize the importance of
using less plastics

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Make it a Habit and a Rule.

"One person can save at least 10 to 15 plastics

in a week...."

The truth behind plastic pollution.

we need to understand how plastics became an
inescapable nightmare. The three main types
of plastic are:
1. High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE): found
in your dry cleaning garmentbags;
2. Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE): found
in single-use lightweight bags;
3. Linear Low-Density Polyethylene
(LLDPE): found in traditional
shoppingbags;The most common examples of
single-use plastics are bottles, straws
,shopping bags, cups, and food packaging.

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