Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 8: National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Govt of India, and Department of Botany in collaboration with Pollution Control Committee (PCC), Jammu, J&K Govt, organized an Awareness Programme on “Stop use of single-use plastics”, here today at the University of Jammu.
Prof Manoj K Dhar, Vice-Chancellor JU, who was chief guest on the occasion, exhorted upon the youth to act as the ambassadors for creating awareness in reducing the usage of single-use plastic and substituting it with paper and biodegradable stuff. “Our traditional methods have been very eco-friendly and the time has come that we revisit those substitutes in addition to technological innovations to find viable solutions to plastics. With the new laws banning single-use plastics items and technological innovations, we will be able to gradually remove plastics from our environment and from our lives,’’ he opined.
The VC also made the participants pledge to contribute individually as well as collectively to say no to plastics.
On the occasion, Nodal Officer and the Senior Scientist from the Pollution Control Centre, Jammu, Dr Yash Pal spoke at length about the recent legal status of plastic use in India and informed about the banned thickness of the PET plastics.
Anuradha, Scientist A, J&K PCC, Jammu stressed the need to use cotton and jute bags in place of single-use plastic bags and explained the relevance of the installation of green and blue waste bins at home and institutions for proper segregation of dry and wet waste.
Earlier, Prof Yash Pal Sharma, Principal Investigator of the NMHS informed that the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS), (MoEF&CC), Govt of India, threw light on today’s awareness programme in connection with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Er S C Dutta, Managing Director, Shalimar Thermoforming Pvt Ltd, Jammu displayed biodegradable/compostable PLA (Polylactic Acid) laid an exhibition of the recently introduced disposables which are eco-friendly, safe for health and environment, and may prove to be a very effective and safe replacement to single-use plastics. An exhibition of banned plastic items and biodegradable alternatives to plastics was also organized.
Prof Veenu Kaul, Head, Department of Botany, JU proposed a formal vote of thanks while Arshad Malik, Randeep Manhas, Anil Sharma, Dimple from PCC Jammu coordinated the event.
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