Very good article sir. Thank you for sending. On Jul 11, 2017 6:08 PM, "Gurumurthy K" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear teachers, > > Scary mail ...about the use of plastic bottles... > > > *Let us completely stop using bottled water / 'mineral water' and tell our > students about the dangers of plastic to environment. Carry your own steel > water bottle .... always and refuse bottled water ....* > regards, > Guru > IT for Change > > Source - Source - https://www.nationofchange. > org/2017/07/09/latest-figures-reveal-that-the-world-uses- > 500-billion-plastic/ > > Latest figures reveal that the world uses 500 billion plastic bottles > annually > > Plastic bottles will soon take over the entire Earth, literally. By > Brianna Acuesta - > July 9, 2017 | News Analysis > > *Plastic is plaguing the environment left and right and one of the single > biggest contributors is the use of single-use plastic bottles. This > includes water bottles and those used for other beverages, like sodas and > sugary sports drinks, and the demand for them is only increasing despite > global efforts to stem plastic usage in the bud.* > > Plastic bags and bottles ravage the Earth from production to disposal, and > yet* humans buy approximately one million bottles per minute*, according > to Euromonitor, a market research group. Those numbers are expected to > increase by another 20% by 2021, which will devastate climate, beaches, > oceans, and all of the animals that reside in these areas. > > According to figures from Euromonitor, humans bought 480 billion plastic > bottles in the year 2016, which is 300 billion more than the numbers from a > decade ago. To make matters worse, less than half of those bottles was > collected for recycling and only about 7% of those collected were turned > into new bottles. Manufacturers complain that using recycled plastic ruins > the appeal of the bottles and that it costs more to use these materials, > which will fall on the consumer. > > Experts speculate that this demand for 20,000 bottles per second has been > exacerbated by the on-the-go, urban culture that has taken over in cities > in China and the Asia Pacific region. With an increased population comes a > rise in the demand for PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles, which is > why Chinese citizens bought 73.8 billion bottles last year, up more than 5 > billion since the year before it. “[China] is a critical country to > understand when examining global sales of plastic PET bottles, and China’s > requirement for plastic bottles continues to expand,” said Euromonitor’s > head of packaging, Rosemary Downey. > > It’s not enough that reusable water bottles are trending right now because > that doesn’t help the nations who can’t trust the cleanliness of their tap > water. This surge in buying plastic bottles is also largely driven by > developing countries, where disposability is more important than > sustainability and being eco-friendly. “This increase is being driven by > increased urbanization,” Downey said. “There is a desire for healthy living > and there are ongoing concerns about groundwater contamination and the > quality of tap water, which all contribute to the increase in bottle water > use.” > > > *If municipalities would clean up their water or work to provide safe > drinking water to certain regions for the first time, it’s likely that > plastic pollution, especially when it comes to bottles, would decline > dramatically and slow the environmental health crisis that is building > every day.* > Sadly, it’s estimated that approximately 5 to 13 million tons of plastic > leak into the ocean every single year, ultimately to be worn down into > fragments that float in the water column and can sometimes become a part of > one of the many garbage patches. Fish, sea birds, and other marine life > will eat the specks of plastic or even consume larger pieces, which can > eventually kill them. Since humans consume a variety of fish from the > ocean, these plastics can also make their way onto our dinner plates. “The > plastic pollution crisis rivals the threat of climate change as it pollutes > every natural system and an increasing number of organisms on planet > Earth,” said Hugo Tagholm, the CEO of Surfers Against Sewage. “Current > science shows that plastics cannot be usefully assimilated into the food > chain. Where they are ingested they carry toxins that work their way on to > our dinner plates.” > > There are several solutions that groups and experts have suggested to > reduce the number of plastic bottle usage, ranging from cutting bottles out > cold turkey to encouraging a payment system to use plastic bottles. While > some places, like San Francisco, banned the sale of plastic bottles, other > groups advocate for what’s called a circular economy. In the circular > economy, plastic bottles would be used, recycled, refilled, and reused, > effectively reducing waste. Surfers Against Sewage is currently > campaigning for a deposit return system to be implemented in the U.K., > which the equivalent of CRV that is collected in the U.S. that can be > returned to people that recycle their bottles or cans. > > If you aren’t compelled by these reasons to stop using plastic bottles, > consider what your beaches will look like once plastic dominates the world > even more. Remote islands with little to no beach clean-ups have shown > evidence of extreme pollution along their coast and upwards of 18 tons on > their beaches, revealing what the future of even the nicest beaches will > be. *Consider purchasing a reusable water bottle today and making a huge > difference for the environment.* > > > > > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Gurumurthy K <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Bottled water is one of the biggest threat to our environment. Let us >> stop using bottled water and let us educate our students also to avoid it >> always. We can carry our own water bottles and fill from water sources. >> read article below, it is for the National Parks in USA but equally >> applicable to us also ... In USA, the bottled water manufacturers are >> lobbying the government to stop any law banning bottled water!! >> >> regards >> Guru >> >> *Why Ban Plastic Water Bottles in National Parks?* >> >> The United States' national parks are popular. So popular, in fact, that >> the National Park Service is having significant challenges dealing with the >> waste generated by the hundreds of millions of people that make their way >> through 85 million acres of national park land every year. >> >> In 2015, more than 305 million people visited >> <https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/release.htm?id=1775> national parks, >> easily eclipsing the all-time visitation record that the National Park >> Service recorded in 2014. Around 365 of 409 parks recorded record >> visitation numbers, and park officials see no reason to believe this trend >> will not continue. >> >> Three hundred million people produce a lot of waste: over 100 million >> pounds per year >> <https://www.npca.org/articles/1292-study-reveals-lack-of-awareness-of-waste-challenges-facing-us-national>, >> much of which consists of single-use plastic water bottles. To the >> companies that bottle and sell water, often at over 2,000 times the cost >> of tap water >> <http://www.businessinsider.com/bottled-water-costs-2000x-more-than-tap-2013-7>, >> those three hundred million people represent hundreds of millions of >> opportunities to sell their product and, at an average of $1.50 per bottle, >> billions of dollars in revenue. >> >> In the first half of this decade, national parks started to take >> proactive steps to address the challenges that come along with more >> visitors, more waste and more impact to the landscape and wildlife. Park >> service officials were finding that one of the largest sources of trash in >> the parks was single-use plastic water bottles. >> <http://www.peer.org/news/news-releases/park-plastic-bottle-bans-work-but-remain-few-and-far-between.html> >> >> For a decade, Gina Macllwraith lived and worked in many of this country's >> national parks, including Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Grand >> Teton National Park in Wyoming. Her job was to make the parks more >> sustainable for the companies that provide food and lodging and other >> services to park visitors. >> >> a huge part of the waste stream," Macllwraith said. "There are so many >> bottles it's ridiculous. It is a major challenge and it makes me mad that >> [IBWA is] trying to prevent parks from dealing with it." >> >> In the parks where Macllwraith worked, they eliminated single-use plastic >> water bottles and instead provided water stations and extremely affordable >> reusable bottles for visitors. >> >> "We made sure we had a wide variety of price points so it wasn't >> prohibitive to people to buy a reusable container. We made it to be as >> cheap as buying a disposable bottle of water," she said. >> >> Zion National Park in Utah was the first to ban single-use plastic water >> bottles >> <https://www.nps.gov/sustainability/parks/downloads/GPP%20Success_ZION_bottles_4_17_12.pdf>, >> followed shortly by Grand Canyon National Park. Twenty others soon >> followed. And, according to National Park Service data, the bans worked. >> <http://www.peer.org/news/news-releases/park-plastic-bottle-bans-work-but-remain-few-and-far-between.html> >> >> In Arches and Canyonlands National Park in Utah officials saw a 15 >> percent reduction in their total waste stream and a 25 percent reduction in >> the amount of material they had to haul to be recycled. In Grand Canyon >> National Park in Arizona they saw a 20 percent reduction in their waste >> stream and a 30 percent reduction in their recycling load and in Saguaro >> National Park they had a 15 percent total waste reduction and a 40 percent >> reduction in their recycling load. >> >> A recent study >> <https://www.npca.org/articles/1292-study-reveals-lack-of-awareness-of-waste-challenges-facing-us-national> >> by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), found that more than >> 35 percent of park visitors drink from disposable water bottles. And nearly >> almost 80 percent of visitors would support the removal of single-use water >> bottles in national parks if it would significantly help reduce waste. >> >> rest of the article is available on http://www.truth-out.org/news/ >> item/38402-nestle-and-coca-cola-attempt-to-block-national- >> parks-from-banning-bottled-water-sales >> >> >> >> >> IT for Change, Bengaluru >> www.ITforChange.net >> > > -- > ----------- > 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. > -https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL > 8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform > 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. > -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ > ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ > 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ > ನೀಡಿ - > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy > 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ > ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/ > Public_Software > ----------- > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Maths & Science STF" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ----------- 1.ವಿಷಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಲು ಈ ಅರ್ಜಿಯನ್ನು ತುಂಬಿರಿ. -https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevqRdFngjbDtOF8YxgeXeL8xF62rdXuLpGJIhK6qzMaJ_Dcw/viewform 2. ಇಮೇಲ್ ಕಳುಹಿಸುವಾಗ ಗಮನಿಸಬೇಕಾದ ಕೆಲವು ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಿ. -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/index.php/ವಿಷಯಶಿಕ್ಷಕರವೇದಿಕೆ_ಸದಸ್ಯರ_ಇಮೇಲ್_ಮಾರ್ಗಸೂಚಿ 3. ಐ.ಸಿ.ಟಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷರತೆ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗಳಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ - http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:ICT_Literacy 4.ನೀವು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೀರಾ ? ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯಲು -http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ----------- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maths & Science STF" group. 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