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Plastic Ravana emerges as the new villain
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- Ahead of Dussehra, companies- looking to capitalise on the national buzz around curtailing the use of plastic effigies of the “demon-king”.
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- The Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA), for instance is collaborating with the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Ministry of housing and Urban Affairs to create 25-feet installations of Ravana in five cities, including Delhi. With an intent to personify Ravana in a plastic form as a demon, bad for the society and environment.
(1) Each effigy, made of about 300 kilos of plastic waste, will be mechanically destroyed in a cement plant in presence of industry and govt. officials.
(2) The remnants would be incinerated in a closed kiln under high temperature without leaving any residue.
- Similarly Mother Dairy commissioned 25-ft effigy of Ravana using waste plastic collected from house-holds in the Delhi-NCR region.
- Indian Pollution Control Association, an organization certified by Central Pollution Control Board, also dismantled and recycled Ravana effigy instead of burning it.
Source
The Hindu