ZERO WASTE HIMALAYA

The #plasticfreedomchallenge Will you go a week without PLASTICS?                                                      #PFC - What is it? #PlasticFreedomChallenge is a call to give up plastics, especially single use plastic for a week- August 8 to 15 to ‘beat plastic pollution’  and take another step towards sustainable lifestyle. It is a campaign against the use and throw culture, and going plastic free is a move towards mindful consumption. The #PFC also complements actions of the local self governance institutions and strengthens demands for corporations to take responsibility of their plastic waste. It is also a continuation of The Himalayan Cleanup, the Brand and Waste Audits. Why go plastic free? The world has produced 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production began  in the early 1950s, of which 6.3 billion metric tons were trashed, and all that plastic is now in  l andfills or oce

World Environment Day  ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ May 26, 2018 IMI/ Zero Waste Himalaya The idea The Himalayan Cleanup is being organised to focus attention on the problem of waste in the mountains, specifically single use plastic waste. The  Himalayan region, long been portrayed as sacred, pristine and untouched, has a flip side too, of plastic clogged waterways, waste being rolled down hill sides and burnt. The mountains are severely challenged with an ever increasing problem of waste accumulation which is compounded by the fact that many areas in mountain regions are popular tourist destinations, tourism being a major creator of waste. The Himalayan Cleanup aims to bring this growing issue to the fore, through a day dedicated to not only cleaning up our mountains, but also in understanding what is causing the mess. The cleanup will be carried out simultaneously on May 26, 2018 across the mountain states of India following a uniform guideline, through sup

Skip the Straw Campaign ‘Every bit of plastic that has ever been made is still lying on this planet. “ Single- use plastic items have invaded our everyday lives - items that we use for less than a minute but will remain in the environment forever polluting it. The seemingly harmless plastic straw is one of them. We use it mindlessly and throw it, without questioning w hat happens to them after we discard them. The answer is simple. It either goes into some drain, choking it or it will end up at the landfill along with thousands of other straws and plastic items and remain there forever.  In most clean up drives, plastic straws are the most found littered items. They have also been found in the stomachs of marine creatures. International Straw Free Day is observed to make people aware of the plastic pollution by asking them to ditch the use of plastic straws in their lives. More than a necessity, straws are a habit, which we can easily mend. We can begin by refusing straws in