Welcome to Earth and Health Care Council
Welcome to Earth and Health Care Council
In our modern world all the grocery items, soft drinks, milk, water, shampoo, cosmetic goods and all electronic goods etc. are available in our market by a package of plastic covers/sheets. After consumed the said products, the packing materials of like plastic wrappers, cosmetic tubes etc. remain either dumped or littered on the backyard of their house. Eventually it became either reached into the water bodies or fired along with other degradable waste due to unaware about the harmful gas effects generated from fumed plastics.
India is the 2 largest populated country among the world in which generated 57,000 metric tones ofnon biodegradableplastic waste per day out of which 60% which amounts to 34200 metric tones is recycled and the remaining 22800 tones ends up in the seas, oceans, fired or gets piled up on lands devoid of source segregation which includes un-segregated single-use plastic waste like plastic water bottles, plastic packaging, plastic grocery bags etc. is being dumped, heaped and littered in most of the streets around in India.
In Tamil Nadu the same plight is commonly seen in most of the corner and lot of peoples are physically and mentally affected on a long run of inhaling these plastics fumes. Inorder to curb the same our organization took so many effects like publishing awareness videos, issuing pamphlets among the public. But the question arisen by the common peoples is that what is the other way of eliminating such a single used packaging plastic wastes in our premises is a big proposition which is now addressed by our organization on the proposal of necessity of establishing plastic waste recycling establishment.
As per the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, production of carry bag made of virgin or recycled plastic, shall not be less than 50 micron in thickness which is proposed to be increased the limit of thickness to120 microns by its proposal of new amendment and the said rule also tasked on the local body be responsible for the development and setting up of infrastructure for segregation, collection, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of the plastic wastes,
but it could not be reached in a full-fledged due to heavy burden on such local bodiesand still peoples here and there are continuouslylittering and firing plastics with other degradable waste without considering it’s serious impacts. The said rule also emphasized the introducing extended producer responsibility (EPR) for producers, importers and brand owners to ensure environmentally sound management of plastic products until the end of their lives but the implementation of the rules is poor.
Packaging is emerging as the most important and growing segment of Indian Plastic Industry as almost all the personal care products, food products, electronic products, pharmaceuticals etc. are available in the market in an attractive package form madeof plastics and these plastics are mostly Polyethylene Terephthalate(PET),Polypropylene (PP) , High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS), Oriented polystyrene (OPS).
Further, India is emerging as the most favoured destination for organized retail destination in the world and also the presence of E-commerce is expanding rapidly and is bringing around a revolution in the retail industry. Retailers are now leveraging digital retail channels thereby enabling wider reach out to customers with less amount of money spent on their business.
Therefore, organized retail and boom in e-commerce offers huge potential for future growth of retailing in India which in turn generates huge plastic packaging wastes since almost all the packaged products are again been packaged by plastic materials which will be a challenges to be faced by our society if not properly be segregated and recycled.
The massive generation of plastic waste in India is due to rapid urbanization, spread of retail chains, plastic packaging from grocery to food and vegetable products, to cosmetics and consumer items.While the usage and benefits of plastics are manifold, but now it becomes branded as a polluting material due to lack of safe disposal. The facts or myth regarding the polluting characteristic of plastic needs to be addressed in a scientific manner. If plastics can be collected and disposed off or recycled as per laid down guidelines/rules then the plastics would be considered as our treasure.
We cannot preclude the usage of plastics in our life as there have lot of merits in it if properly been disposed off as packaging plastics have met out for post harvest management which is very important for the national food security mission.
The per capita consumption in India is still low compared to more developed countries. According to FICCI, Indians consume 11 kg of plastic per year in comparison to 109 kg by an average American. But this figure is estimated to rise in the coming years. To avert a crisis would
require vision, political will and the nerve to pull off a balancing act. The solution to India’s problems with plastic waste can be addressed through targeted investments in recycling and ensuring sustained effort to cut down consumption.
However, there is no one single masterstroke to counter the challenges witnessed by the staggering plastic waste management in the country. So, the time is now to formulate robust and inclusive National Action Plans, and while doing so, our organization Earth& Health Care Council (EHCC) has proposed a plan of establishing a eco-friendly recycling unit thereby initiate a trigger at Kanyakumari District that will definitely establish a greater transparency to combat plasticjeopardy in a more sustainable and holistic way.
Our organization “Earth & Health Care Council” was established with the prime object of protecting the environment, ecology and preserve the health of peoples and in consonance with the same and the current plight faced by our society pertains to air, water pollution and global warming over burning and unsafe disposal of single used plastics, we have prepared the project proposal of plastic waste recycling establishment to solve the menace of plastic wastes. In order to ensure a continuous engagement and higher awareness among the citizens, a participatory approach for implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission scheme under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair, Government of India, is being planned by our Council in form of theme-based Cleanliness drives on regular intervals in order to make a Pollution Free society
The following measures and study have conducted by our council for optimizing and effective implementation of this project
A global material balance study on plastics points out that 79 per cent of the total plasticsproduced in the world enters our environment as waste. Only 9 per cent of the total plastic waste in the world is recycled. A recent data reveals that the total annual plastic waste generation in India at a humungous 21 million metric tonnes per year out of which 43% is used for packaging single-use plastic
According to the statistic report released by Statista,the amount of plastic waste generation in every decades increasing around two folds since 2001, thereby the estimated quantity of plastic waste in the upcoming decades would be reached to 31.4 million metric tons in 2031and be over 50 million metric tons in the year 2041and the quantity of waste generation is increasing in every year. In the present scenario in India, only 60% of plastic waste is being recycled and the balance amount which turn around 7 million(70 lakhs) metric ton goes either landfills or burning yard or ends up polluting streams or groundwater resources. In eventual this plastics became a polluting substance like micro-plastic particulates in air, in our environment.
According to latest report launched by the Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation at the World Economic Forum, disclosed that at least 8 Million Metric Tonnes of plastics is leaking into the ocean, which is equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute and if no action is taken, this is expected to increase to two truck per minute by 2030 and four per minute by 2050 and would reach the stage of more plastic than fish in ocean. Countless tiny fragments are drifting to bottom of the ocean, carpeting the sea bed and the environment and health impact is exactly unknown, but one thing the process releases toxic chemicals that may be digested by fish and end up in the human food chain.
Hence a proper arrangements has to be implemented in collective practice of people, entrepreneurs and government to tackle such a hazardous waste. Our government also launched a scheme for disposal of such a plastic wastes under ---- rules, but not been able to reached in full fledged effect due to non cooperation of public and unaware about the hazardous effect from such unsafe disposal of plastic wastes. While some kinds of plastic do not decompose at all, others could take up to 450 years to break down which may lead to polluting the environment.
For handling of such a huge quantity of plastic wastes in the upcoming years, we have to implement a proactive measures for the welfare of peoples and the environment under which our association conducted various study and finally entered to be established a collection yard and recycling establishment for tackle such situation in consonance with government bodies for achieving sustainable developments and make a success of Swachh Bharat Mission.
The fact that plastic pollution poses a threat to ecosystems in water and on land is something that everyone is now aware of.Incineration of plastic waste in an open field is a major source of air pollution. Most of the times, the Municipal Solid Waste containing about 12% of plastics is burnt, releasing toxic gases like Dioxins, Furans, Mercury and Polychlorinated Biphenyls into the atmosphere apart from lead to smog, acid rain. Further, burning of Poly Vinyl Chloride liberates hazardous halogens and pollutes air, the impact of which is climate change. The toxic substances thus released are posing a threat to vegetation, human and animal health and environment as a whole. Polystyrene is harmful to Central Nervous System
The hazardous brominated compounds act as carcinogens and mutagens. Dioxins settle on the crops and in our waterways where they eventually enter into our food and hence the body system. These Dioxins are the lethal persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and its worst component, 2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), commonly known as agentorange is a toxic compound which causes cancer and neurological damage, disrupts reproductive thyroid and respiratory systems. Thus, burning of plastic wastes increase the risk of heart disease, aggravates respiratory ailments such as asthma, bronchitis, COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and emphysema and cause rashes, nausea or headaches, and damages the nervous system which leads to impotency and infertility. India also has one of the highest number of COPD patients and the highest number of deaths due to COPD.
As per the Financial Times report in terms of PM 2.5 concentrations, more than 4 in 10 Indians are exposed to 5 times above the WHO’s safe limit of particulate matter in the air they breath which amounts around 60 crore Indians living under risky life over such air pollution. Indian air quality is now far worse than China. Over a million Indians die prematurely every year due to air pollution, according to the non-profit Health Effects Institute. Over a million Indians die prematurely every year due to air pollution, according to the non-profit Health Effects Institute.At present stage of average Air Quality Index (AQI) for Tamil Nadu is “Moderate” which means not good nor bad. But while considering the whole India, certain cities comes under alarming rate of “severe plus category”.
In the same way waste plastic dumped in the backyard or landfill becomes breaks down into small pieces on transformation of time called microplastics which may either entered into the water bodies or mix with air. This particulate matter gradually be entered into human body in the way of food chain or breathing which makes lot of health effects. /p>
However, the extent to which the plastic soup can also be harmful to humans has not been sufficiently researched. The concentration of micro-plastics in the environment and in the air is increasing exponentially because plastic does not perish but breaks down in small pieces. Plastic is in our food, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. In fact, we are increasingly inhaling, drinking, and eating more and more plastic.
As a precautionary and pro-active measures has to be taken for tackling such a menace. Hence, a sustainable step towards tomorrow's cleaner and healthier environment needs immediate attention of the environmentalists and scientists. This review presents the hazards of incineration; open burning of plastics and effects of plastic in water and also a possibility of working out strategies to develop alternate procedures of plastic waste management
Recycling standard in our nation did not met to standards deployed to developed countries as most of such single use plastics are here reached to dumping yard, landfills and water bodies like ponds, river, oceans where it threats to human beings, agriculture, marine life and environment at large, for which our recycling projects is essential and necessitate under the prevailing situation right now. If our project is implemented the single used plastics would be curbed from reaching the environment to a maximum extend for ensuring a safe and healthy future generation and planet.
As for tackling such a menace of waste plastics polluting the environment as well as harmful effects on human beings, this project can stand in shoulder-to-shoulder with implementation of government policy of pollution free India. When our project would be implemented in full fledged, the results would definitely be reached in a pollution free society. If the plastic waste is left non-recycled, it can negatively impact our environment in many ways.
The goal and objects of this plastic waste recycling establishment is to reduce high rates of plastic pollution from the society and convert the waste plastics into valuables like producing granules, in order to generate employment, flow of money circulation, economic development, conserve energy sources and save exchange of money.
When this project is implemented with a planned strategic principles, the littering of waste plastic wrappers, plastic packaging materials etc. into the street and backyard would be curbed to a maximum extent thereby reduces the huge generation of wastes, saves energy; conserves resources; reduces pollution; cuts waste disposal costs; saves valuable raw materials and reduces trash in landfills thereby reduce the waste and to keep our environment clean.
This approach helps to conserve resources and diverts plastics from landfills or unintended destinations such as water bodies
Our Earth & Health Care Council (EHCC) will achieve and implement our project by adoptingfollowingactivities and strategies.
Our Council has conducted survey and SWOT analyses for fruitful harness of the project and to find the predicted optimistic result
Our Council has an ability and potential to implement this project. We have developed and strengthening the skills, knowledge and basic resources by participating various seminars and exhibitions, datas collection, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world.We have acquired insights about the technology and machineries for processing and recycling the single used waste plastic.
The plastic waste recycling unit is very sensitive to environment as it functions from the waste plastics as it’s raw materials. Henceobtain and secure a No Objection Certificate (NOC), Registration, Approvals, Recognition, License, Certification, Consent to Establish & Operate from the concerned government department is mandatorily required for compliance of rules, regulations and maintenance of hygienic and sanitation in the premises of the unit. Our Council will apply and secure the same from the concerned department on time for effective operation of the project.
Selection of suitable land not prone to pollution of water bodies and harmness to peoples is very important for successfully implementation of the project and greenery eco-friendly infrastructure is to be developed which would reduce, harness and prevents any minute emissions of waste and pollution to the surrounding environment of the unit. A preengineering steel structure building is preferred by the Council to be constructed in the selected land.
Energy-efficient and eco-friendly machineries and installation of solar panels to provide powers are prioritized by our Council to such recycling unit that would lead to reduce the emission of noise and prevents adverse impact onto environment.Our Council will procure recyclable single use plastics recycling automatic machines like Scrap sorting, Dust cleaner, Plastic scrap grinder, Scrap friction washing machine, Conveyor machine, Film dryer, Agglomerator machines and the machines for non-recyclable single use plastics like dust remover, shredder and baler
Line organization structure is quite simple, prompt and perfect which can easily understandable by the staffs appoints on respective designation that will lead to rapidly implement the plastic waste recycling project.
In order to streamline the single used plastics from the segregated points at houses, commercial establishments an industrial units to our recycling platform, such a development of website and mobile app would extent more supportive for effectively operation and
A common and individual dustbin will be provided to or installed at the houses, hospitals, institutional and commercial establishments and industrial areas where local bodies are not been reached under Municipal Solid Waste Management activities, depends upon generation of single use plastics wastes that would yield benefits for segregation of plastic wastes at sources that can have cost-effectively be recycled.
Proper transportation facilities will be arranged in a time frame structure for collecting or procuring the segregated waste plastics from the segregated points to the recycling unit for which our Council will purchase garbage collecting truck for such transportation.
A feedbacks and suggestions will be asked from the public in a periodical intervals pertains to performance of waste collection and would be analyzed it to find out pros and corns
The impact of single used plastic waste recycling project will be felt in the short, medium, and long terms. The following are theproject results which will be realized upon completion;
Outputs: The following output will yield with immediate effects from the recycling process;
OutcomesThe following results will be reaped by our society after three months of successful operation of this project are;
Impact: The following impact will be reflected after the long run of the project.
An annual benefits and results of the project would be prepared by our Council which would be uploaded in it’s website for effective implementation and further improvement of the recycling project in a pro-active way for the welfare of the peoples, environment and society at large.
The project of establishing the single used plastic waste recycling unit requires the support of generous benefactors in order to move forward. The table below outlines the estimated costs associated with the projectfor which funding is required for a specific period of time until financial input generated during the course of the project for self sustenance.
Some of the options from where we can mobilize this project budget
Apart from collecting donation, our Council seeking in-kind contribution from the community to be got benefitted in the form of land ,labour, spending leasure time to create awareness about channelizing single use plastics,
In order to curb the littering and effective management of wastes from single use plastics, our government framed the Plastic Waste Management and Handling Rules, 2016, which put onus on the producer, importer and brand owner (PIBO) the responsibility to be collected and managed in an environmentally sustainable way through extended producer responsibility (EPR).Our Council has taken such responsibility in our own hand for effective collection, recycling and safe disposal of such single use plastic wastes, for which we have framed this project and has efficient knowledge, capacity and scientific know-how on plastic waste collection, segregation, recycling and safe disposal. We have given more importance to segregation at sources for which awareness and insight is being provided to the house holders, commercial establishments, shopping malls and industries, that would not only prevents the mixture of plastics wastes with other biodegradable wastes, but also easing the recycle system with cost effective. Apart from our efforts, your support in terms of monitory and moral are highly necessary for effective implement of this project. Hence for raising such funds, our Council is selling in our portal most oxygen generating indoor plants grown in ceramic pots that will yields two fruits of generates pure Oxygen to your houses thereby enhances your health and thoughts as well as generates sufficient funds to our council for implementing this projects thereby protects our environment from single used plastic wastes. Hence we request your benign to purchase such indoor plants from our Council website as much you can to change a healthy society forever for the future of our safe sustenance. For your kind support please contact or message to what’s app no. +91 7868887575.