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Special Edition on Plastics February 2003

Gobar means animal dung in Hindi. All of rural India uses it in a variety of ways. Ways that exemplify sustainable existence. That's why we use it, too.
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PLASTICS

PLASTINDIA - CAN YOU IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT PLASTIC?
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A pen-moulding machine exhibited at Plastindia 2003

Welcome to PLASTINDIA 2003-a worldwide platform of buyers, suppliers, entrepreneurs and a host of corporates from world over. You are assured of the best deals of international quality standards maintained by the Indian Plastics Industry.

But, are you assured against the harmful effect of plastics on the environment?

Plastindia is a huge event, with countries from all over the world participating. The countries participating are Switzerland, Korea, Germany, Taiwan, America, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, France, Britain, Italy, Canada, Qatar, Kuwait, Austria, Thailand, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, and Spain.

—Brinda Banerjee

 

Plastindia update
P.S- Check out the triple action of bio-degradable
plastic manufactured by M\S PACK PRINT Industries, Mumbai. Tel: (022)24976987\88.
Fax: (022)24973650.
The manufacteres claim that they manufacture bio-degradable plastic! The triple action of these plastics are:

1. They are compostable
2. Thermo-degradable
3. Photo –degradable.

 

Balloons at plastindia
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Wake Up Call!
We all know it and its true!

Plastics are non-biodegradable..extremely harmful and are are soon going to suffocate us. Well this is one side of the story. We the reporters at CSE carried out a survey and interviewed manufacturers as well as the consumers. After the survey and research we realised that plastic is not all bad. In fact it has its positive uses too. It is useful in the field of healthcare, agriculture, conservation of water. So I guess we are incomplete without plastics. But on the other hand, while we might not be able to imagine life without plastics, we have to live with plastics’ responsibility. It is not only the manufacterers and the consumers that are responsible, it's also time the government woke up from its deep slumber. The government should pass laws that impose penalties on the manufacters and consumers to take care of the waste that is generated and its toxicity thereafter.

—Gayatri Jolly

Recycled statues

Collin Beckman, senior class president of American Embassy school, came up with a unique idea on how to dispose the light plastic bottles that even ragpickers do not seem to want. He actually collected all the plastic bottles in school, and put together several statues.

—Dimitri

p2_1.jpg (7405 bytes)A Plast Fact
The first plastic made from crude oil is Virgin Plastic. It cost Rs 50 a kg. Only three manufacturers produce it in India: Reliance, GAIL and Haldia. Reliance is the biggest producer producing about 50,000 kgs a day.

—Mala Alwani