Eco-Sikh launches compostable bags to tackle rising pollution

LUDHIANA: In a a very powerful step to spread awareness about the usage of eco-friendly plastic luggage, participants of Eco-Sikh — a US-based setting group — on Saturday launched compostable luggage comprised of potato and corn/bio-based starch, to regulate rising pollution ranges annoyed by way of non-biodegradable plastic luggage throughout India.

The eco-friendly starch plastic luggage had been offered at an event in Gurdwara Sri Dukhniwaran Sahib on Saturday, where heads of all major religions collected to ship out a message of peace and cohesion, and create awareness about the usage of eco-friendly products in day-to-day existence. Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) participants additionally shared the stage with Eco-Sikh participants and heads of various spiritual teams.


Eco-Sikh India president Supreet Kaur, whilst addressing a packed amassing, stated: “Eco-friendly plastic luggage are the long run, as pollution ranges are expanding on a daily basis with the usage of non-biodegradable plastic luggage. These luggage play a a very powerful role in controlling pollution ranges around the globe. They have the potential to decompose naturally in 180 days when exposed to water or sunlight, or disposed of in garbage. Even if they are consumed by means of animals, they don't seem to be harmful to them. Moreover, the usage of non-biodegradable plastic luggage in spiritual places have increased within the fresh previous. Because of this, we've got started this carrier from the gurdwara, in order that other people take this issue severely, and take some time to deliver those luggage into their daily use.”


Speaking on the instance, PPCB leader engineer Pradeep Gupta stated: “Next month, India is webhosting the World Environment Day on five June, beneath the theme ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. PPCB will make all efforts to popularize the manufacturing and sale of bio-degradable luggage on a large-scale, to conquer rising pollution ranges because of the usage of plastic luggage. We are supporting each and every effort being taken to save lots of the surroundings and long run of the earth by means of different organizations.”


Extending his gratitude to PPCB and the spiritual our bodies — together with Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib, Gurdwara Sarabha Nagar, Jama Masjid (Field Ganj), Durga Temple, Gyan Sthal, and Sri Krishna Mandir — Eco-Sikh Board member Jaspreet Singh stated: “The use of plastic luggage has brought Punjab on the best with regards to pollution. According to previous PPCB reports, Punjab produces about 4,300 tonnes of garbage on a daily basis, maximum of which is not recycled and ends up polluting the rivers and our soil. Looking in any respect statistics, those luggage are the desire of the an hour. Eco-Sikh has taken up the topic bio-degradable plastic luggage, which is able to preserve nature and maintain our long run.”


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