RECYCLING PLASTIC

Recycling of plastic is the need of the hour. we all see that heeps of plastic are dumped just like that in open fields and area.This practice is extremely dangerous for the environment and for us,humans.
understanding the importance of platic recycling we started the collection of extra plastic and started our project of recycling plastic.
In this project newspaper and waste paper were of great importance and help.our first step was making things of waste paper and plastic which we collected from our school.
The first thing I made was a handmadde sheet.
1.I collected waste newspaper and plastic polythene from my class.
2. 30 g of  Paper was soaked in 15 glass of water for 3-4 days and glue was added in the paste to make it thick.
3.We took a plastic polythene as a base.
4.The papermache was spreaded evenly on the polythene.
5.It was left undisturbed for  1-2 hours.
6.After it got dry the polythene which was used as base was removed.
7.Thus, a beautiful handmade sheet was made using waste plastic and polythene .
8.After the sheet was taken out you can design,paint and do many more things.
its a must try for all of you.

WE MADE HANDMADE SHEETS BY RECYCLING  NEWSPAPER ...
THE WHOLE PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS ...
1) TEAR THE NEWSPAPER INTO SMALL PIECES....
2) THEN SOAK THEM  INTO  BOWL FULL OF WATER ...
3) LET THOSE CUTTINGS BE IN WATER  FOR 1 WHOLE DAY...
4) AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SOAKED IN WATER ADD FEVICOL TO IT....
5)THEN MASH IT AND ADD FOOD COLOURING TO IT  JUST TO GIVE IT  COLOUR .....
6)AFTER THAT USING A BLENDER   BLEND IT  NICELY AFTER THAT TAKE A PLASTIC
    SHEET AND SPREAD THE MASH OVER IT EVENLY  .....
7) KEEP THIS SPREAD ED MASH UNDISTURBED FOR  2-3 DAYS  IF YOU WANT YOU 
     MAY ADD  A BIT OF  GLITTER TO IT  TO GIVE AN ARTISTIC EFFECT.....
8) SO NOW AFTER  THE THIRD DAY YOUR  PAPER MUST HAVE DRIED AND THEN                AFTER THAT PEEL IT OFF ....
9) NOW YOUR HANDMADE SHEET IS READY TO BE USED  ........ YOU  MAY ALSO CUT
    IT INTO  DIFFERENT SHAPES  ...... 

THERE  ARE MANY OTHER UTILITIES  OF THIS  RECYCLED PAPER YOU  MAY ALSO USE THIS MASH IN MAKING BOWLS  PENS STANDS  PLATES  FLOWER POTS  AND MANY OTHER THINGS.......

THANKS FOR READING....

making our own plastic...

We have already learnt a bit about the composition and structure of plastics and polythenes...
the next question comes to our mind is can we really make our own biodegradable plastic...
lets see. 

new session with new hope and new motives....

We have begun with our new sessions and new members are added to this project...
Now we all have started with the concept of reuse of wastepaper and plastic. what all ways can you think of to reuse wastepaper and plastic? Well, we have been able to think of the following methods for the same:

what all we have learnt till now....

Till now it had been a great success. We have learnt quite a lot number of things and yet there is much more to know. To list some of them.....

•  Our project has made each one of us more informative by providing a box full of knowledge. But still there is a lot need to be done to reach the top rung of the ladder.All we need to do is to continue this hard work  and teamwork which forms the backbone of our project. 
• We are on our way minimizing the use of plastic and polythene and therefore saving our world from its dangerous  effects.
•  Till now we have rose from certain challenges and we need to continue with this as challenges will come your path whenever you try doing something. All we need to do is to be patient and cautious. 
• To achieve what we want is to overcome the challenges that comes to our way..
• Plastic is really hazardous and we need to end it's use before it ends our lives...
• We have learnt to be courageous enough to stop doing wrong things like misusing bins or using polythenes unnecessarily ...

SEGREGATION OF WASTE

We have arrived at the conclusion that their should be minimum two dustbins in each classroom to segregate waste at school level.
At domestic level waste should be segregated into three different bins

HARIYALI PRITHAVI - AN NOBLE CAUSE AGAINST THE EXCESSIVE USE OF PLASTIC

Plastic! Plastic! Plastic!

Here plastic, there plastic.

This worlds revolves around plastic

And makes everything from bottles to elastics.

India to America

Japan or China.

Leads the race of plastic usage

In spite of knowing its disadvantage.

We have to act fast

Otherwise for a longer time this earth won’t last.

Plastic, I guess the word most familiar to us. Right from rags to riches… everyone uses this term. In fact, in the year 2009 the Oxford Dictionary of English rated this word amongst the top 10 most frequently said words. After all it had to be amongst the top used words, because everyone from a rag picker who picks plastic to a rich-mega-billionaire who discards plastic goodies like nothing. Nearly every 4th thing in this world is made up of plastic. Be it credit cards (our plastic money), water bottles, glasses, etc. etc.

We have always wondered- why plastic is used almost in everything? Perhaps because it’s versatile i.e. it can be molded into a vast variety of shapes. The simple answer is that plastics are the material that can provide the things consumers want and need. Plastics have the unique capability to be manufactured to meet very specific functional needs for consumers. So maybe there's another question that's relevant: What do I want? Regardless of how you answer this question, plastics can probably satisfy your needs. You want a plastic plane? Just mould plastic into the wanted shape.

But as we all are aware of the renowned proverb “excess of everything is bad”. The somewhat similar is the ground reality on our planet Earth. Agreed, that plastic has a myriad number of uses. But we should also agree that this overflowing usage of plastic has exceeded beyond permissible limits, so now friends it’s high time we take action against it. If not taken care of now, this “Plasticky Problem” could possibly worsen and further bring its minions into the game of littering. Some symptoms have already started showing its faces. India is already amongst the top 10 litterers of the world. According to a survey our so-called “patriotic” Indians always tend to throw garbage, especially the plastic ones in the open. WOW! What an Idea, Sir Ji!

Unfortunately, my friends if this continues further, I am afraid that India is certainly heading towards its own doom. The future citizens of the country would be propelled into the already “Plastic India”. Ha! Maybe sometimes in future there is a teeniest bit of possibility that there could be a plastic airplane??

But concentrating on the year 2015, there is a lot to be done and many feats to be accomplished. We should start from our own homes, or I should rather say, our own rooms. We should segregate the plastic waste from the biodegradable waste and dump them in various dustbins so they can be disposed properly. While biodegradable waste can be turned into manure, the plastic waste can be recycled for further use. Once a bunch of scientists from University of Geneva, created a plastic jacket just from recycling 43 plastic bottles. But we have to remember to segregate the waste. As I see in my class, garbage being thrown anywhere, this should not be the case. Also a mass sensitization program can be taken up for educating the future citizens of our country i.e. our children. Surprisingly, I found out that a majority of 9th ies were unaware of the demerits of plastic. We have to educate everyone about the constraints in the use of plastics. As for personal level we have to limit our use of plastic. Replace the plastic bags with the paper bags. Use plastic utensils as less as possible. Don’t believe in the fact that if you use disposable utensils you would be saved from the so-called “tedious hard work.” Your this step may cause a step backwards in the path to a Clean India.

And, and I almost forgot… isn’t it a well known fact that a majority of animal deaths take place due to consumption of plastic which leads to choking. Our “GOU MATA” or “THE HOLY COW” is one of the victims. On one side we worship them and on the other we indirectly feed them poison. Our kind Indians provide these cows food, that too in a plastic bag. Shameful, isn’t it? This is for all the “HOLY PEOPLE” reading this, if you give a damn about cows then stop this “PLASTIC THROWING RAMPAGE.” The mechanical plastic waste is to be properly disposed through proper dealers. And please at least for the sake of our mother nature, don’t bring corruption into this. If these steps and adding some more to them, are dutifully followed this would surely be a “milestone achieved” in the Indian Success Story. This “Complete-Plastic-Free-India” would surely be a better one for me. I don’t know about ya’ll?

United we stand, divided we fall

For a movement against Plastic, we all shall call

Not one would stand

Against plastic, would be standing many

But a steely resolve needed

Then only the “evils” of plastic would be firmly eradicated

Souhard Sharma

IX-E

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Go Green

We sensitized primary class students by conducting a special assembly for them on topic 'Go Green'. These pictures have been clicked in their classrooms.

CORALS EATING MICROPLASTICS!!

MICROPLASTIC A THREAT TO GREAT BARRIER REEF...

Researchers in Australia have found that corals commonly found on the Great Barrier Reef will eat micro-plastic pollution. 

Microplastics are tiny fragments of plastic in the environment and are a widespread contaminant in marine ecosystems, particularly in inshore coral reefs.

Despite the proliferation of microplastics, their impact on marine ecosystems is poorly understood.

Marine plastic pollution is a global problem and microplastics can have negative effects on the health of marine organisms. The aim was  to determine whether corals from inshore coral reefs consume microplastics, and whether there is potential for plastic pollution to affect coral reefs.

Corals are non-selective feeders and the results show that they can consume microplastics when the plastics are present in seawater. If microplastic pollution increases on the Great Barrier Reef, corals could be negatively affected as their tiny stomach-cavities become full of indigestible plastic.

As part of the study the researchers put corals collected from the Great Barrier Reef into plastic contaminated water. After two nights they found that the corals had eaten plastic particles.

Corals get energy from photosynthesis by symbiotic algae living within their tissues, but they also feed on a variety of other food including zooplankton, sediment and other microscopic organisms that live in seawater

The plastic was found deep inside the coral polyp wrapped in digestive tissue, raising concerns that it might impede the corals ability to digest its normal food.

Source-" http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150224104158.htm '