This recent study reveals that the recycling process transfers the toxins in plastic to the recycled plastic; and because recycling typically mixes several types of plastic together, could produce new chemical cocktails in the process.
Plastic pollution is a wicked problem, posing a challenge that currently seems to surpass our ability to tackle it. To tackle it we need collective, and collaborative efforts of producers, citizens, policymakers, and governance systems. At the forefront of such efforts, taking responsibility for the waste they create, should be the producers. However, one cannot think of recycling or tout it as a solution to the plastic litter problem owing to its severe limitations technically and effects on health.
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Bunny Dhaliwal from Chandigarh writes:
We all talk of Our City Beautiful, Chandigarh but do we know that there is a mountain of
garbage which happens to be a part of The City Beautiful ?
Since 2018, across the world civil society has been conducting a plastic waste audit or brand audit.
CAG distributed 150 relief kits consisting of provisions, personal care items, and face masks to informal waste pickers in Chennai on 01.10.21. We were joined by S. Lawrence who coordinated the distribution and by officials from GCC and from Tamil Nadu Police.
குப்பைகளுக்கு ஒரே தீர்வு எரியூட்டிகள்/எரிஉலைகள் என்று பல தவறான பிரச்சாரங்கள் பரப்பப்படுகின்றன. உண்மையில் எரியூட்டிகள் சுற்றுச்சூழலுக்கு நன்மையை விளைவிக்கிறதா? குப்பைமேடுகள் இல்லாத பகுதிகளை உருவாக்குகிறதா? மேலாண்மை செலவுகளை சேமிக்கலாமா? அனைத்து கேள்விகளுக்கும் பதில் இல்லை என்பதே. இந்த தவறான பிரச்சாரத்தை நிறுத்துங்கள்.
While systemic changes are absolutely necessary to halt plastic pollution, individual changes do add up & make a difference especially when it is about plastic. Let's #saynotoplastic. We have changed. Have you? #PlasticFreeJuly
CAG, Confederation of Young Leaders & Sri Kanyaka Parameswari college are jointly organising a #UN75 Dialogue on SDG 12 & 13, focussing on the need for #sustainable living. Tune into CAG Chennai Facebook page on Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 5.30 pm.
A study to assess the human rights impacts of businesses, to understand the health impacts of plastics on people living and working around the Kodungaiyur dump yard using a symptoms diary and in-depth interviews.