Professional Advocacy for Plastic Free Kashmir

10/13/2021

Article from Islam City.

From time to time, some tomb pictures that are said to belong to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) circulate in newspapers and social media. There...

07/23/2021

A Draft Notification Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021, published by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on March 12, 2021, announced the proposed ban that would take place in three phases.

First, as of September 30, 2021, non-woven plastic carry bags (made of virgin or recycled plastic) must at least 60 grams per square meter (GSM) or 240 microns thick. Compostable plastic carry bags would be exempted.

Second, starting on January 1, 2022, India is proposing to ban the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of certain single-use plastic commodities, including candy sticks and ice-cream sticks. Other single-use plastic commodities to be banned after this date include ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, and polystyrene decorations.

Third, as of July 1, 2022, India would ban the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of additional single-use plastic items (including items made with polystyrene and expanded polystyrene). The single-use plastic commodities that would be prohibited after this date include the following food-contact articles: plates, cups, glasses, cutlery, straws, trays, stirrers, and wrapping films around sweet boxes. Non-food contact items include wrapping/packing films around invitation cards and cigarette packets, and plastic/PVC banners less than 100 micron thick.

06/06/2021

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

05/07/2021

Indeed, Allah speaks the truth. Indeed Allah speaks the truth, the One who is unique in His majesty by the perfection of His beauty, glorified and exalted. He who sent down the clear Criterion (the... / Dua (supplication) - Night Of Power (laylat Al Qadr) - Ramadan -

11/30/2020

11/30/2020

PLASTIC DISEASES AND GERMS

Microscopically small hydrophobic organisms thrive on floating plastic in the environment. They live on even the smallest pieces of plastic, in close company with hundreds of other types of organisms. Since plastic can persist for an extremely long time in the environment and can cover large distances when carried by currents, it is a means of transporting bacteria. The layer of microscopic life on or around plastic is called the plastisphere. Among the bacteria found here are Vibrio species, some of which can cause disease after contact with humans and animals. There is even a strain of Vibrio that can cause cholera. In areas of the world with a lot of waste plastic and poor sanitation, this can have dire consequences.

11/30/2020

TOXICITY AND PATHOGENS

Is plastic toxic? How much pollutants does plastic contain, and how likely is it that disease-causing pathogens attach themselves to it?

These are urgent questions that have not yet been answered, but there are indications that plastic is a viable transporter of toxic additives and pathogens in the environment. There are three main processes through which this happens.

The first is that pollutants present in the environment attach themselves to plastic, much like iron to a magnet. Then, there are the chemicals that are added to plastics during production, to give them the desired properties, and these can leak out of the plastic. What happens to those plastic pollutants and chemicals when animals eat plastic? Finally, plastic can carry and spread pathogens in the environment.