Plastic fixits won't work

The first shock has come from studies that show that plastic generated on land is filling up and polluting our oceans

Plastic is back on the agenda, with the 2018 World Environment Day on June 5. And, I am not talking about garbage problems of countries like India. For us, plastic has never left the agenda — it is in our face literally. Our governments lack the money or the manpower to take back the increasing amount of waste we generate and to get rid of it. Growing mountains of non-biodegradable garbage — mainly plastic — is our nightmare. It is choking our drains, our rivers and our streets.  

No, this time plastic is back on the global agenda — perhaps after