Industrialization has brought several changes in our lives. Life got easier than before. We have almost every comfortable thing from digital to non digital products, but most of these products have been carried or made with plastic and as we all know how much plastic waste is produced every year!! plastic takes thousands of year to decompose. Land and water Animals are horribly affected by plastic waste, especially plastic polythene or bags. When Stray animals find food in garbage, they eat food along with plastic bags. Plastic waste on beaches is badly affecting aquatic animals. We are surrounded by plastic and its quite difficult to give up it, but we need to take some actions to stop this exploitation of our planet. I know we can’t change entire systems but we can change our lifestyle.

How we can stop environmental issues personally? In elementary classes we all learn about three-R, which stands for Reduce, Reuse and Recycle but inspite of it, we are unable to save our planet from plastic, since the population is growing and demand also grows with population, the plastic companies are producing more plastic this problem is increasing rapidly! But every problem has solution and the solution of this problem is ” ZERO WASTE LIFE”. This is not so new concept but still people are not aware of this. Each and every human being should start living zero waste life!! it will make a great impact on our health and planet’s health as well. Zero waste lifestyle will also help to alleviate social problems like poverty, water crisis, diseases, disposal of garbage etc.

How we can live ZERO WASTE LIFE?

Initially it could be little tough for some people but gradually we get used to of it. here are some ideas:

# Stop buying useless things which are made up of plastic or glass.

# Avoid using plastic bag, don’t throw plastic in river or ocean.

# Make you own personal product like Tooth cleaner, Shampoo, Soup, perfume, fashwash, Cloth pads, cosmetic etc. Just imagine! How much plastic bottles you can reduce by doing it.

# Make your own carry bags with your old clothes.

# Decorate your home with some medicinal and vegetable plants instead of any hard & solid metallic, glass or plastic ornaments. Plants will provide you useful and healthy stuffs but decors just waste your time since you have to keep them clean and well maintained.

# Prefer E-Books over hard copies to avoid wastage of papers.

# Instead of buying Soft drink cans or bottles, make your own juice! it will be healthy for your body.

# Vegan diet is big savior of your money and environment.

# Buy less but good quality clothes, so that you can use them for longer.

# Save money , Save environment and get good health by living Zero Waste Life.

Be the Zero waste Hero!!