Use of Plastics with Care: Code for India

摘要

Plastic is one the best inventions of the century. It is used in so many industries that it's almost as if we cannot do anything without it. Plastics are non-biodegradable polymers of mostly containing carbon, hydrogen, and few other elements such as chlorine, nitrogen etc. Due to its non-biodegradable nature, whether the plastic waste contributes any problem? The problems have been sorted out in other countries by improving civic consciousness, creation of adequate infrastructure for dealing with solid waste and involvement of the industry in recycling efforts. The items in demand for plastics will be of high quality packaging, white goods, plastic furniture both indoors and outdoors, crates, bottles, door and window frames for the construction industry. The fastest growing segments will include tele-communications and power, automobiles, packaging, appliances, electronics and agriculture.