Plastic management:The need of the hour
Plastic is perhaps the biggest evil the modern world is facing.Countries from all over the world take plethora of initiatives every year to address the issue of plastic waste however,the situation only gets aggravated with each passing year.According to a report published in 'NATURE'(2024),India has surpassed other countries to become the largest plastic emitting country in the world.The report further suggests that India is responsible for around one-fifth of global plastic emissions of around 9.3 million mt(metric tonnes) per year.What adds to the irony is the fact that India was supposed to emancipate itself of single use plastic by 2022 as announced by the honourable PM Narendra Modi back in 2018.Such a situation,if nothing else, definitely calls for introspection for our country as well as the countrymen. Plastic management is too ubiquitous of a concept to require an explaination.It is the management of plastic waste so as to reduce its harmful effects on the environm...