The amount of plastic which is being disposed off every year can circle down our planet four times.
Looking after the excessive use and production of plastic products the UN has declared “Beat Plastic Pollution” as the theme for this year World Environment Day.
The day will encourage people to change their single use plastic products with other reusable alternatives as the world is coming together to fight the single-use plastic pollution.
World Environment Day is a global event lead by United Nations (UN).
India is very excited as Indian philosophy and lifestyle has a long deep root connection with the concept of co-existence with nature.
Mentioned below are some small ways which when followed will bring out a bigger change:
These measures are expected to shape a cooperative and sustainable development of the ocean ecosystem will indirectly contribute to evolving a consensus among different stakeholders and thereby serving the environmental cause of the oceans.
The main agenda of the programme is to bring a consensus across the globe to contain the use of single-use plastics which are the main cause of ocean pollution.
In 2018, India announced its commitment to eliminate all single-use plastics such as carry bags, straws, and water bottles by 2022 when India celebrates 75 years of the country’s independence.
Observing the environment day back in 2018, PM Modi said this:
“Marine litter, especially micro-plastic, is a major trans-boundary problem and is now entering our food chain.
However, per capita plastic consumption in India is lower than that in many parts of the developed world.”
When they are less than 8 to 10 inches in length, they eat worms, young crustaceans, aquatic insects, grasses and algae.
Their jaws are finely saw-like which helps them in tearing vegetation.
The home of marine livelihood is polluted by the plastics.
In fact, plastic pollution is caused by the accumulation of plastic waste in the environment.
On the basis of its size, it could be microplastics – small particles (
Plastic pollution gets introduced into the sea in different forms which include: