Campaign against plastic bottled water usage

1Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

By- Tanay Agrawal

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

2

3

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

4

Real pictures of Deonar dump

A lake now converted to plastic lakeMade by Tanay Agrawal VI,

Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

5

Plastic bags Plastic packing Plastic bottles Plastic toys Plastic containers Medicine bottles And many more

The culprits

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

6

Today lets talk about plastic bottles and containers – we carry everyday to have water beverages ,drinks and all kinds of cooked and uncooked food

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

7

The answer is both yes and no. It really depends on the type of plastic it is made up of.

Are they safe for us?

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

8

The question is how do we find out?

Its simple -------

Its all there in a code

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

9

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

10

We all know what is this- yes it’s the sign for reduce, reuse and recycle but do you know

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

11

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

12

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

13

No need to be so.

Confused ?????

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

14

1,2,4,5 - safe

3,6,7 - Avoid

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

15

Turn the bottle or the container upside down.

You may have to strain your eyes, use magnifying glass or our favourite age old technique of using paper and pencil.

You will find a number on all plastic items and if you don’t – DON’T EVEN BOTHER TO USE IT.

Where would you find these magic signs?

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

16

1. ONLY ONE MOTHER EARTH, WE DON’T WANT’ WALL e ‘ MOVIE TURNING INTO REALITY.

More usage means more waste and pollution.

In the U.S., 1,500 plastic water bottles are consumedevery second.

2. YOUR HEALTH…PLASTICS MEANS DAMAGE TO YOUR BODY TOO

I know, you are wondering why should you bother

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

17

Plastic bottles contain Bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used to make the plastic hard and clear. BPA is an endocrine disruptor which has been proven to be hazardous to human health. It has been strongly linked to a host of health problems including certain types of cancer, neurological difficulties, and defects in newborn babies – to name a few examples.

What do these harmless water bottles can do?

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

18

Moreover Plastic bottle tops are currently not recyclable, and as with

plastic bags they often end up at the bottom of the ocean, and in the stomachs of a variety of animal species that mistake them for food.

One albatross that was recently found dead on a Hawaiian island had a stomach full of 119 bottle caps.

More Harmful Effects

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

19

t’s harder to recycle plastic bottles than you think. Of the mass numbers of plastic bottles consumed throughout the world, most of them are not recycled because only certain types of plastic bottles can be recycled by certain municipalities. They either end up lying stagnant in landfills, leaching dangerous chemicals into the ground, or they infiltrate our streets as litter. They are found on sidewalks, in parks, front yards and rivers, and even if you chop them into tiny pieces they still take more than a human lifetime to decompose.

It gets worse. In the case of bottled water, the plastic-making process requires over two gallons of water for the purification process of every gallon of water.

But don’t we recycle plastic bottles?

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

20

Reduce- Avoid buying bottled water. We can carry our own bottles. Its easy. Ask your parents and grandparents. They

used to carry the water from home in the containers of metal.

Now shatter proof glass bottles are available too.

We can use plastic(lets give it the credit it deserves)it is convenient but carry our own bottles with magic numbers of 1,2,4,6 only.

What can we do?

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

21

Can this be done? Yes , Concord in Massachusetts has banned

all single use water bottle.the town is now dotted with water fountains.

Lachen in Sikkim has banned carrying all plastic bottles in the region.

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

22

For this concern I have started this campaign so that we use less plastic bottles.

Visit me on my web page

My water bottle – My clean planet campaign

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

23

So lets take a pledge today to carry our own water bottle everywhere we go

Made by Tanay Agrawal VI, Environment awareness drive against use of plastic bottles

24

TANAY AGRAWAL VI B