Plastic remains in our environment for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, damaging our society, the environment and the economy. Plastic products are produced using petroleum, natural gas and other chemicals due to this, it also leads to decrease of other useful resources. All the plastic that has ever been produced has not degraded yet. Plastic products remain toxic even after they break down. They don't biodegrade, they photo-degrade meaning that after they degrade, they break down into smaller and smaller toxic bits of themselves.

 Approximately 40,000 tonnes of plastic waste is generated by India daily, and it is only increasing every day. Moreover lots of our waste is ending up in rivers, lakes, oceans, roads and even in the stomachs of many animals! About 1,000,000 seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die each year globally from ingesting plastic or by getting tangled in it.

The efforts of governments and retailers will go to waste if we, the consumers, don’t contribute to the effort of reducing plastic usage.

Therefore, I request you to sign this petition to make our Earth better for everyone!