These Teenage Environmentalists Are Saving Their Local Societies From Plastic Pollution
A look at the work of some young environment enthusiasts, who have taken upon themselves to mitigate the plastic pollution through their projects
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Plastic pens are a part of the throw-away culture that people have been developing unknowingly over the last several years. Project Muovi was created, with an aim to promote and conduct the recycling of plastic pens by mobilising teenagers (aged between 13-17 years of age).
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He has tied up with local recyclers he came to know through his family members. The recycler sends it to several waste management factories for the segregation and granule process. They are then turned into other plastic commodities like bottles, bottle caps, mallets, coasters, etc.
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15-year-old Esha Nahar from Bengaluru is another samaritan who has decided to combat plastic pollution by raising awareness. A class 10 student at Mallya Aditi International School, Esha urges people to reduce plastic products in their homes by saying ‘no' to plastic every day and use the alternatives, through her project 'Swachh Sansaar'.
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She educates people on the kinds of alternatives that can be used instead of plastic for daily usage, such as steel utensils, cloth bags while purchasing groceries, bamboo toothbrushes, combs, cutlery candle shells, etc., made out of coconut shells and much more.
