Plastic Pollution
Plastics are a part of our daily
life. Plastics can be used in Construction, Electrical and electronic applications,
food packaging etc.
Plastic on
Environment
They are cheap and easily
manufactured material. But are they good for the
environment?
Of course
NO!
Levels of plastic pollution are very high. As of 2018, about 380 million
tons of plastic produced worldwide each year also their degradation rate is very slow results in the accumulation of a large amount of plastic.
Effects of Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution has the potential
to poison animals, which can then
adversely affect human food supplies. It is harmful to humans as well.
How to Reduce Plastic Pollution?
There are lots of ways have been
proposed to reduce the harmful effects such as Incineration.
Biodegradable and degradable plastics etc.
Ashwath Hegade, a Mangalore
born but now Qatar based NRI entrepreneur finds a brilliant solution for it.
Plastic bags which
are degradable, but not only degradable but also edible.
Yes, Edible
Plastic Bags.
After researching
the problem for about four years, Ashwath founded EnviGreen- a company that
produces 100% organic, biodegradable, and eco-friendly bags.
They look like plastic
bags but they are not. They are made of materials like starch and vegetable oil
derivatives hence it has no harm to animals
even if ingested. If place in a glass of
water at normal temperature, an evergreen
bag dissolves in a day, And when placed in a glass of boiling water, it
dissolved in just 15 seconds! These bags
take less than 180 days to biodegrade
naturally once discarded.
The materials used for the manufacturing
of evergreen bags we use all the raw materials as
many as 12 ingredients including potato, tapioca, corn, natural starch,
vegetable oil, banana and flower oil. They go through a complex six-step
procedure to arrive at the end product.
They also got the certificate by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).
When Reporter asks
him about his launch in India he said, ”With operations running successfully in
certain pockets of the Middle East,
including Qatar and Abu Dhabi, we now
feel ready to enter the Indian market. It
was quite a challenge to get the necessary approach from agencies and
government offices. Financial management has not been easy too since we are not funded”
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