In this Himachal village plastic waste is transformed into bricks, vases

Much before Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a clarion call to rid the country of single-use plastic on October 2, Lana Bhalta, a remote village in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, initiated its own humble campaign to curb plastic waste.

Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh):Even as the world is struggling to deal with the immense amount of plastic waste generated every day, a picturesque village nestled in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has come up with an idea that puts its plastic waste into good use.

Located about 50 kilometres away from the state capital Shimla, Lana Bhalta, a remote village in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, has been dealing with the tons plastic waste generated by its residents by transforming it into bricks, vases and interlocking tiles.

The initiative has been taken by the village Panchayat, which collects plastic waste from across the village and dumps them at the Panchayat office before it is taken away by members of Baru Sahib.

It is at Baru Sahib that all the plastic waste gets segregated and recycled into bricks, tiles and vases, apart from paper bags and file covers.

"Plastic and polythene collected from across the district are brought here and it is being recycled in many ways, " said Rupinder Kaur, Pradhan of Lana Bhalta Panchayat.

These materials are then used for various construction purposes across Panchayats.