آج پلاسٹک کا خطرہ پوری دنیا کو متاثر کررہا ہے اور اس خطرے سے لڑنے کے لئے پوری دنیا میں بہت سے اہم اقدامات کیے جا رہے ہیں۔
اسی کڑی میں مینگلورو کے رہنے والے نتن واس نے پلاسٹک استعمال نہ کرنا کا فیصلہ لیا ہے، اور وہ پلاسٹک کے بدلے اس کے دیگر اختیارات کو استعمال کرنے پر زور دے رہے ہیں۔
انسان ہر صبح پلاسٹک کے برش کا استعمال کرتا ہے اور اس کے مضر اثرات سے بے خبر رہتا ہے، لیکن نتن واس نے پلاسٹک کے بجائے لکڑی کے برش کا استعمال کر کے اس کی بہترین ترکیب نکالی ہے
نو پلاسٹک لائف فینٹاسٹک: ساگون کی لکڑی کا برش دراصل نتن آسام کی ایک غیر سرکاری تنظیم این جی او سے جڑے ہوئے ہیں یہاں کے قبائلیوں کو لکڑی کے برش بنانے میں مہارت حاصل ہے اور ان کی اس ترکیب کو نتن نے بھی اپنا لیاہے، یہاں کے قبائلی گروپ ساگون کی لکڑی سے برش بناتے ہیں۔
ای ٹی وی بھارت سے بات کرتے ہوئے ماہر ماحولیات نتن واس نے بتایا کہ برش کا ایک حصہ ساگون لکڑی سے بنایا جاتا ہے تو وہیں اس کے دانت نائلن سے بنائے جاتے ہیں اور اس طرح یہ برش ماحول دوست بنایا جاتا ہے۔
اس کے علاوہ نتن واس پلاسٹک کے تنکے کے بجائے کاغذ کے بنے تنکے کے استعمال کو فروغ دیتے ہیں، ایسا کرنے کے پیچھے نتن کا واحد مقصد ماحول کو پلاسٹک کے خطرے سے بچانا اور اسے واحد استعمال پلاسٹک سے پاک کرنا ہے۔
نتن واس سنگل یوز پلاسٹک کے استعمال پر پابندی کے لیے پوری طرح سرگرم ہیں یہی وجہ ہے کہ وہ پلاسٹک کے تنکے کی جگہ کاغذ کے بنےتنکے کا استعمال کرتے ہیں اور اس کو فروغ دیتے دیتے ہیں، ملک بھر میں سنگل یوز پلاسٹک کے استعمال پر پابندی کے لیے ایک مہم چل رہی ہے ای ٹی وی بھارت بھی اس مہم کا اہم حصہ ہے۔
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Headlines: Try this wooden toothbrush and paper made straw by tribals
Today, the plastic menace is affecting the world and to fight with it many initiatives are been taken by people around the world. An environmentalist and artist, Nitin Vas hailing from Mangaluru, has found an alternative to plastic.
As we know that recycling of plastic alone is not sufficient to tackle the plastic menace. The need of the hour is not only to find the alternatives to plastic but also to implement them in our lifestyle.
Mangaluru-based environmentalist and artist Nitin Vas has prepared alternative materials to plastic. He has introduced environment-friendly wooden toothbrushes with the cooperation from tribals.
Vas said, ”Lakhs of people use plastic toothbrushes every day. This is indeed adding to the already alarming plastic menace. With proper care, a natural wooden toothbrush will last as long as any plastic toothbrush. I thought of introducing wooden toothbrushes which do not affect the environment. Similarly, we have introduced straws made from paper.”
This is indeed a notable step to tackle the plastic menace and pave way for a sustainable and plastic-free future.
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Headlines: Try this wooden toothbrush and paper made straw
The plastic menace today affects entire world and many initiatives are being taken by people around the world to fight this menace.
A Mangaluru based environmentalist and artist, Nitin Vas has decided to promote an alternative to a plastic material we all of us use everyday morning.
It is not sufficient to find alternative to plastic we use in day-to-day life but using them diligently makes all the difference. Almost everyone use a plastic brush daily morning and Vas has come up with a wooden brush in place of plastic.
Vas stumbled upon an NGO working among the tribals in Assam and these tribals have mastered the art of making wooden brushes from the barks of teakwood. The bristles are degradable nylon material which is environmental friendly.
"The brush is made of teak wood bark while the bristle is made of degradable nylon making this brush completely environmental friendly", the environmentalist said.
"Lakhs of people use plastic toothbrushes every day. This is indeed adding to the already alarming plastic menace. With proper care, a natural wooden toothbrush will last as long as any plastic toothbrush", he said.
Vas is also promoting straws made of paper in place plastic ones. "These paper straws are as good as plastic ones. They withstand even if they are soaked in water for 30 minutes and they can be discarded to decay in nature", he reasoned.
This is indeed a notable step to tackle the plastic menace and pave way for a sustainable and plastic-free future.
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The plastic menace today affects entire world and many initiatives are being taken by people around the world to fight this menace.
A Mangaluru based environmentalist and artist, Nitin Vas has decided to promote an alternative to a plastic material we all of us use everyday morning.
GFX: Nitin Vas has decided to promote an alternative to a daily use plastic material
Almost everyone use a plastic brush daily morning and Vas has come up with a wooden brush in place of plastic.
GFX:Vas has come up with a wooden brush in place of plastic
Vas stumbled upon an NGO working among the tribals in Assam and these tribals have mastered the art of making wooden brushes from the barks of teakwood.
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GFX: Tribals have mastered the art of making wooden brushes from the barks of teakwood
The brush is made of teak wood bark while the bristle is made of degradable nylon making this brush completely environmental friendly.
GFX: Brush is completely eco-friendly as it is made of teak wood bark and bristle is made of degradable nylon
Vas is also promoting straws made of paper in place plastic ones.
This is indeed a notable step to tackle the plastic menace and pave way for a sustainable and plastic-free future.
an ETV Bharat report
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