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Plastic Pollution and Its Remedies: An Indian Scenario

Plastic Pollution and Its Remedies: An Indian Scenario

Aparna Satsangi
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522594529|ISBN10: 1522594523|EISBN13: 9781522594543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch008
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Satsangi, Aparna. "Plastic Pollution and Its Remedies: An Indian Scenario." Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 142-159. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch008

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Satsangi, A. (2020). Plastic Pollution and Its Remedies: An Indian Scenario. In K. Wani, L. Ariana, & S. Zuber (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution (pp. 142-159). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch008

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Satsangi, Aparna. "Plastic Pollution and Its Remedies: An Indian Scenario." In Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Lutfah Ariana, and S.M. Zuber, 142-159. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch008

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Abstract

Anthropogenic activities are causing slow extinction of fauna, flora, and fungi in natural environment through toxic pollution. It is probably due to industrial and technological advancement in recent decades. This pollution may be of air, water, soil, radioactivity, or plastics. Of these, the most widely spread form is pollution by plastics. It is drastically dangerous and harmful for marine life, but it also affects human health. Since plastic is non-biodegradable, one can hardly get rid of it. The harmful chemicals get absorbed in the plastic debris, have a varied and harmful range of chronic effects like endocrine disorders. Therefore, it is high time for the government to take stringent steps to overcome the problems associated with plastic pollution. Policy makers and advisers should sternly follow the steps: never throw plastic bags on roads; always carry bags from home; and, use paper decorative items rather than of plastics as paper can be reused.

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