6,772 Million Tons Of Plastic Waste Recycled In The Last 3 Years By NGO In Uttarakhand
The threat of climate change is far greater
than one can succumb to. Heat waves, landslides, blizzards, cyclones, and
droughts continue to get worse. It’s not just limited within specific countries
but the negative consequences of which are seen worldwide today. And we as
individual countries and nations do our part through setting goals and carrying
out campaigns nationwide to curb the ways in which the environment cannot be
harmed anymore.
The ‘Plastic Hackathon 2021’ campaign which
was launched by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Union Environment Minister,
Prakash Javadekar as a vision to ensure that the country becomes free of single
use plastic has already been responded to and set in motion by an NGO from
Uttarakhand.
The NGO has recycled 6,772 million tons on
plastic waste in the last three years. "Uttarakhand is
an ecologically sensitive state where plastic
waste is bound to become more problematic in the coming times
with increasing urbanization and tourist activities. Therefore, our efforts are
focused on counteracting the future plastic
waste estimates," Director of non-profit NGO Indian
Pollution Control Association (IPCA) Ashish Jain said.
“Adopting an inclusive model for plastic
waste management in Dehradun, we have been able to collect, segregate and
recycle 6,772 MT of plastic waste in the city since 2018. Out of these 3,555
million tons of plastic waste was recycled in just one year in 2020, recording
a growth of 50 per cent," he said.
Dehradun among other states contributes to
a large amount of plastic waste percentage, that amounting to 327.9 tons of
plastic waste per day. The figure is set to increase in the coming years to
584.051 tons per day, according to IPCA.
IPCA corroborates with urban local bodies
in Dehradun, and also helps better source segregate waste by educating and
capacity building of waste workers. Workers can now tell the difference between
various types of plastic in turn increasing recycling efficiency. IPCA works
towards various other concerns such as solid waste management, quality of air,
recycling of products, and also has awareness and educational programs with
them being involved in plastic waste management in over 30 states along with
Union Territories in the last 20 years.
IPCA’s accomplishments amount to having
collected and processed up to 52,250 million tons of plastic waste over the
years. The association established in 2001, functioning with support from the
Indian Institute of Technology.
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