This document summarizes a project by students from P.U. Middle School in Tamil Nadu, India to create a plastic-free zone in their village. The students identified plastic and polythene waste around the school and village and conducted awareness campaigns to educate villagers about the problems of plastic pollution. They provided alternatives like paper plates and cloth bags. They saw reductions in plastic bag usage and littering. Through demonstrations and discussions, the students explained the effects of plastic to other students and encouraged alternatives. They were able to significantly reduce the number of plastic users in the village.

1. DESIGN FOR CHANGE
 PRESENTED BY :
 THE STUDENTS OF
 P.U.MIDDLE SCHOOL
 THOPPAMPATTI
 POLLACHI NORTH
 COIMBATORE
 TAMILNADU.
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2. DESIGN FOR CHANGE

3. STARTING OF A DAWN
PLASTIC AND POLYTHENE
FREE ZONE

4. STARTING OF A DAWN
AROUND US
PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED
 Identifying the plastic bags and polythene waste
around the school campus and village.
 Lack of awareness among the villagers about the
problems associated with use of plastics and impact of
the plastics over the environment.

5. STARTING OF A DAWN… WE DO …
TO CREATE AN UNPOLLUTED PLASTIC FREE ZONE
 Giving the paper mouldings such as paper plate, paper
baskets, paper bowl and jute bags, paper bags cloth bags to
the village people for shopping.
 Advise the village people to follow and practice
the 4 R’s principles of
REDUCE
RECYCLE
RE-USE
RECOVER
To minimize the environmental pollution.

6. STARTING OF A DAWN…
OUR PRODUCTIONS
Plastic free objects developed by students

7. STARTING OF A DAWN
WE ARE  CHANGE OF CHANGE
CONFIDENT  Number of students
PERSONS participated = 30
 5 Groups of each of six
students.

8. STARTING OF DAWN
WE ARE CONFIDENT PERSONS TO MAKE PLASTIC FREE
ENVIRONMENT
 Usage of plastic bags are avoided by the students . Most of
the village people are using paper bags or paper baskets &
carrying cloth bags for shopping.
 Throwing of the unwanted, used plastic bags in public
places is greatly reduced.

9. STARTING OF A DAWN
 The usage of plastic bags by the shopkeeper is highly
reduced
The plastic free zone aria is created in and around the
school campus

10. Starting of a dawn
Demerits of plastic 400
using……….
350
Not known-385 300
250
Series1
known- 115 200
150
100
50
0
Not known known

11. STARTING OF A … WE WILL
DAWN…
Creating  Awareness
awareness by
conducting
procession
bearing the
slogans and
installing and
pasting the
posters.

12. STARTING OF A DAWN…
WE CAN
MEASURES TO TACKLE Explaining students
PLASTIC POLLUTION
 Explaining the effect of using
plastic and polythene bags by
demonstrating the experiments to
the students.
 Initiating the village people by
giving alarming advises about the
problems associated with the
excessive use of plastic products
in improper manner.

13. STARTING OF A DAWN...WE WILL
 With the help of
teachers, collecting and
removing the used
and unwanted plastics
from school campus

14. Students working on Plastic free plate

15. What we achieved……

16. starting of a dawn
500
450
After getting awareness the 400
plastic 350
300
USERS= 35 250
200
Series1
150
100
NOT USERS= 485 50
0
USERS NOT USERS

17. THANK YOU