The impact of climate change is not a topic for school syllabus anymore - it is here for all of us to see and experience - the rising temperatures even in coolest parts of the world are ample proof of how our lifestyle choices have affected the planet. And though we realize that the cause behind this disaster called climate change is our lifestyle, we are doing little to change it.
The biggest culprit causing damage to our planet is plastic, which has made our life very convenient because it is versatile, durable and waterproof too. You find it everywhere- from tableware to toothbrushes to drinking straws to lunch boxes to funky phone covers, you find plastic in its many avatars- polystyrene, polypropylene, polycarbonate and so on. India generates about 15,000 tons of plastic waste every day, states a report by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, out of which only about 9,000 tons gets collected and processed for recycling. All the....
