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Interview With Organisations

The interviewer spoke with representatives from two organizations, Tata Symphony CHS and Manjhi, about plastic waste recycling efforts. Initially, few people separated or recycled plastic waste due to lack of awareness, but awareness has increased through social media and word of mouth. However, only 30% of people currently recycle plastic waste. Plastic waste has greatly increased due to more plastic packaging and utensils. Organizations receive more plastic waste now, ranging from 20-40kg more biweekly. Alternatives to single-use plastic bags and bottles need to be widely adopted. Reducing plastic wrapping and shipping materials can also significantly lower plastic waste. Bamboo, paddy husk, and haya silk show promise as

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Interview With Organisations

The interviewer spoke with representatives from two organizations, Tata Symphony CHS and Manjhi, about plastic waste recycling efforts. Initially, few people separated or recycled plastic waste due to lack of awareness, but awareness has increased through social media and word of mouth. However, only 30% of people currently recycle plastic waste. Plastic waste has greatly increased due to more plastic packaging and utensils. Organizations receive more plastic waste now, ranging from 20-40kg more biweekly. Alternatives to single-use plastic bags and bottles need to be widely adopted. Reducing plastic wrapping and shipping materials can also significantly lower plastic waste. Bamboo, paddy husk, and haya silk show promise as

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Interview with organisations.

For this part of the research we interviewed two different organisations.


The first person we interviewed was Mrs.Kanthi Belliappa, who
manages the plastic waste disposal at Tata Symphony CHS. And then
we interviewed Mrs.Seema Bakshi, the founder of the Non-Government
organisation Manjhi.

On interviewing them we came to know that when they first started their
missions of increasing plastic recycling in the regions they could reach
out to, people (then) were not very keen on separating their plastic waste
from their biodegradable waste and to go on and do plastic recycling
themselves. However due to a significant increase in awareness about
problems caused due to plastic through social media and by the spread
of information from person to person, more people started paying
attention to their plastic waste and started taking active part in plastic
recycling. But the number of people recycling their plastic ( around
30%) even today is not enough.
We also learned that there is a lot of plastic waste even today. It has
significantly increased throughout these past years, due to the fact that
majority of the things that are available to us in the market and
elsewhere are wrapped in plastic. Plastic waste has also increased due to
the increase in the use of plastic utensils. In conclusion there has been a
significant increase in the plastic waste received by various
organisations.
Regarding things that have been going well relating to this topic, there’s
lots of more awareness and more people are taking their actions in
consideration. There have been lots of campaigns to spread awareness
amongst the people. We made an interesting discovery that a large
amount of the plastic waste received by organisations are being made
into bricks called eco bricks by the stuffing the plastic inside plastic
bottles and are being used to build buildings like animal shelters. We
were given statics which showed that the amount of plastic received
increased from 20kgs per fortnight to 40 kgs per fortnight due to more
people separating their plastic waste.

One of the main areas we need to focus on and improve in, are using
bags of materials other than plastic. We need to use bags made of cloth
and other such materials which can be reused again and again rather than
using single-use plastic bags while buying groceries, hardware etc.
Also, many drinks like water, Coca Cola, etc., mostly come in bottles
made of plastic which most people throw after use. So, we need to find
alternatives to plastic bottles, which can be widely accepted and used
without causing harm to the environment. These are some of the major
areas that require a lot of attention regarding to this topic.
On asking for some advice as to what we all can do to reduce plastic
waste, we were advised to use packing materials other than bubble rap (
which is made of plastic). This is already being implemented by many
delivery companies, and it can have a major impact on the amount of
plastic waste produced. So when we need to send any package to
someone, we can try to use materials like paper instead of plastic, and
help in reduction of plastic use.
We also asked about some new and different alternatives to plastic
which were seen in the recent years, and we were told that some good
alternatives to plastic which are currently being used are Bamboo, Paddy
husk and haya silk.
We are very grateful that we received this opportunity to interview such
amazing organisations which are trying to bring about a good change in
our world, due to Eumind and we offer our sincerest thanks to Eumind
for giving us this topic and opportunity.

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