At the outset let us understand that plastic invented by Alexander Parkes in 1862, the first ever man made plastic. A magical product...
Then after long way of developing plastics and other derivatives..
Now at 2021 its uses in construction, automobile, utensils, jewellery, Medical and all other sector...even plastics are using for sanitary and bath fittings.
The magical product termed to it because of its longevity, durability, cast into any shape and size. The slow rate of degradation is become an environmental issue on the other hand.
Due to wide uses and poor recycling phenomenon it poses a great danger to the living beings.
Here we can see how it is dumped...and become junk....
These are the place where plastics and derivatives are collected by someone and dump in a place.
But are we really concious about the poor infrastructure of collection and recycling!
Below are the few bath fittings whose cost with indian made plastic derivatives is almost double that of China. So, any one will import at lesser price and give a cheaper product in the country.
But why chains gives in lesser price which is lesser remarkably.
It's the 3rd world business policy.
In packaging industry we use this material once. As there is no recycling facility and collection point or proper infrastructure to collect these debris...we are undone at user end also.
We are also happy with price and use it. But if today I have few broken or damaged plastic products like buckets, bottles, utensils, empty packets, electronic component or product and other - then where I shall disposed it off?
I am a civil engineer...I always want to keep my earth habitable...where this magical invention plastic poses threats to us and we can't find a proper lucrative way to recycle the waste for a longer period uses or product, there I start finding the lacuna.
Only guidelines awareness is not the answer of my quest...we need something more.
Only awareness will not do much unless we compel to grow this habit.
All shops may have above shown facility where we can dispose plastics after washing... for removing any filthy smell at shop.
Containers carrier to recycling unit.
The Govt shop CSC may equipped with these types of containers... where areawise main collection will be done for further despatch to the recycling unit.
Growing habit among children as an amusement to them.
Sri Sri and Ptanjali also have stores all over India. This chain can also use for collection.
Every shop, mall etc may have the facility for collection of plastics.
We can dispose plastic containers after using properly washed, cleaned for recycling.
CSC may be one of govt. Unit who can arrange the above said procedure.
Construction Inďustry and uses of plastics
As we have seen bath fitting are made of improved plastics... whose longevity is two to three years due to discoloration, broken or people want to change due lesser priced and new design.
Therefore it is better to develop a method from recycled plastics it should made.
Few plastics cannot be recycled so we can crush into sand granules texture and use it under floor filling or in lieu of sand cushioning in at different parking lots and other same kind.
It may be humiliating but during '90s USA was badly suffering with junkyard used tyres.
Metal part melted but tyres?
Then they make crumble of tyres and using it on road.
That kind development within India require if any constraints. (JNU) jawaharlal nehru university has this facility of advanced polymer development... that infrastructure may be use for development of this project of recycling.
New cheaper alternative way for recycling may be developed by reliance researchgate.
SPREADING PLASTIC IN OUR COUNTRY...FOR WHICH OUR NEXT GENERATION MAY SUFFER DUE TO POOR INFRASTRUCTURE OF RECYCLING IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO STEP AHEAD NOW....IN THIS REGARD.
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