Save Earth - Reduce Polythene Cover Usage
I have gone through one article in eenadu paper which tells us how polythene is going to effect our life and planet earth, here are the facts.
Polythene bags or heavy duty polythene bags used in daily life area big threat to our planet earth
Polythene carrier bags never decomposes when compared to other substances that we use/throw, the comparison was an eye opener.
Good initiative has been taken in few cities like Pune, Bangalore and other cities to ban usage of polythene carry bags.
I have gone through one article in eenadu paper which tells us how polythene is going to effect our life and planet earth, here are the facts.
Polythene bags or heavy duty polythene bags used in daily life area big threat to our planet earth
Polythene carrier bags never decomposes when compared to other substances that we use/throw, the comparison was an eye opener.
Good initiative has been taken in few cities like Pune, Bangalore and other cities to ban usage of polythene carry bags.
| Substance | Time to decompose |
| Vegetables | 5 days - 1 month |
| Banana Layer | 24 days |
| Sugar Cane Waste | 30 to 60 days |
| Paper Cover | 2 - 5 months |
| Cotton | 1 - 5 months |
| Thread | 3 - 14 months |
| Orange Layer | 6 months |
| Cigarette bud | 1 yrs - 12 yrs |
| Leather Shoe | 25 yrs - 40 yrs |
| Nylon Cloth | 30 yrs - 40 yrs |
| Aluminium Tins | 80 yrs - 100 yrs |
| Polythene Cover | 1000 Yrs |
What harm does polythene do if it does not decompose for 1000 Yrs:
Please save the planet !!!
- It doesn't allow water/Rain to go into soil, there by reducing water levels
- Polythene cells kill the strength of soil and reduces the Farm productivity
- Since there is lot of polythene all around, municipalities have started burning it. But once burn't again it spreads into air and will be part of our body resulting in lot of diseases.
- All the cities drainage system is blocked by polythene and is HEAVEN for mosquitoes and other bacteria to LIVE.
- Lot of Animals are killed because of polythene covers.In a recent survey, 100 cows die daily in Uttar Pradesh because of polythene bags in their intestine.
- worldwide 10 lakh polythene covers are used per minute.
Please save the planet !!!
