WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
5 TH JUNE -2007
The world environment day was established by United Nations General Assembly in 1972, to mark the opening of the Stockholm conference on Human Environment.It is celebrated world wide on 5th June every year to raise awareness on environment & mobilize action for environment protection.

SAFE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS

ADVANTAGES
Plastic is not affected by atmosphere, so items can be preserved without decomposition.
Flexibility to give any shape ,size or thickness and available at a very low price & ease of handling.
EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT

Plastic bags are not bio-degradable.
It gets accumulated and poses a threat to the environment.
Improper disposal of plastic bags on the land / water hampers the recycle of the nutrients .
It gets blocked in the intestine of animals when eaten with food/garbage & can kill.
It poses a health hazard to the children while playing with toys & may get suffocated

WAYS FOR REDUCING ADVERSE EFFECTS
Disposal of carry bags should be done in an environmentally sound manner.
Minimum thickness of carry bags should not be less than 30 microns,As required by City Govt.
The plastics can not be recycled for manufacture of plastic material, but can be used along with the asphalt in making of road.
The plastic bags which cannot be recycled needs to be incinerated (with proper scrubbing arrangement).
People should use their discretion to restrict the use of carry bag.
Alternative packing material like paper, jute which are bio-degradable to used.

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