The objective of this competition is to encourage families, colleagues, schools, colleges or Universities, public and private organisations, and businesses to use plastic free Christmas decorations and exchange plastic-free gifts. Christmas involves exchange of gifts and use of festive decorations.
An estimated 80-90% of those are either made of plastic or has a major component made of some form of plastic. A fair majority of these decorations and gifts make their way to the environment within weeks or months. When we throw away plastic items they break down into tiny bits and particles of plastic, called ‘microplastics’ over a period of time, acted upon by the elements.
Microplastics from the environment get into our food, air and water, harming us, the marine creatures and other animals. Microplastics are likely to cause diseases in human beings and are therefore harmful to our health. Recycling plastic is not the solution to this problem and just allows more plastic to be produced. If not all, most of the plastic made is not recycled and ends up in land fills and oceans or is burnt to produce harmful gases.
The objective of this competition is to encourage families, colleagues, schools, colleges or Universities, public and private organisations, and businesses to use plastic free Christmas decorations and exchange plastic-free gifts.
Christmas involves exchange of gifts and use of festive decorations. An estimated 80-90% of those are either made of plastic or has a major component made of some form of plastic. A fair majority of these decorations and gifts make their way to the environment within weeks or months.
When we throw away plastic items they break down into tiny bits and particles of plastic, called ‘microplastics’ over a period of time, acted upon by the elements. Microplastics from the environment get into our food, air and water, harming us, the marine creatures and other animals. Microplastics are likely to cause diseases in human beings and are therefore harmful to our health. Recycling plastic is not the solution to this problem and just allows more plastic to be produced. If not all, most of the plastic made is not recycled and ends up in land fills and oceans or is burnt to produce harmful gases.
FIND OUT WHY plastic pollution is one of the biggest contributor to global warming, and hence climate change.
