The document discusses the environmental and health impacts of single-use plastics, highlighting their extensive use in packaging and the hazards they pose to wildlife and human health. It emphasizes the need for improved waste management, regulatory measures, and public awareness to phase out these plastics. Additionally, it mentions innovative uses of plastic waste in construction as part of sustainability efforts.

2. Say NO To Single Use Plastic
Presented
By
P.M.Yaduvanshi
Civil Engineering Department
Sir. Bhavsinhji Polytechnic Institute
B H A V N A G A R

4. Plastic is a lightweight, hygienic and resistant
material which can be moulded in a variety of ways
and utilized in a wide range of applications.
THERMOPLASTICS
THERMOSETS

5. • Formed by addition polymerization
• Soften on heating because bonding forces
between chains break by heat or pressure.
• Can be reshaped or reused.
• Usually soft, weak and less brittle.
• Soluble in suitable solvents.
• Formed by condensation polymerization
• Do not soften on heating. On prolonged
heating, charring of polymer is caused.
• Can not be reshaped or reused.
• Usually hard, strong and more brittle.
• Insoluble in organic solvents.
THERMOSETS
THERMOPLASTICS

7. Single Use Plastics
• Single-use plastics (disposable plastics) are commonly used for
plastic packaging and include items intended to be used only
once before they are thrown away or recycled.
• These include:
Grocery bags
Food packaging
Bottles
Straws,
containers,
cups
cutlery

10. Grocery bags
Food
packaging

11. bottles
straws

12. Cups
& Containers
Cutlery

13. Plastic Decoration & Thermocol
Items

14. Global plastic production by industrial
sector, 2015

15. Plastic packaging waste generation, 2014
(million Mt)

17. Single-use plastic bags are used to carry
goods and usually provided to customers at
the point of sale.
The most common shopping bags are made of
a type of plastic called polyethylene – or
polythene – a tough, light, flexible, synthetic
resin obtained by polymerizing ethylene.
InSouth Africa, there are so many Plastic Bags
littering the environment that many joke that plastic
bags are “New national flower”

20. Environmental impacts:
• Take up to thousands of years to decompose
• Hazards to wildlife on land and in the ocean
• Plastic bags can choke waterways and
exacerbate natural disasters. (floods in
Bangladesh )
In 1988, poor drainage resulting from plastic bag
litter clogging drains contributed to devastating
floods in Bangladesh, causing several deaths as
two-thirds of the country was submerged

21. • Toxic chemicals such as styrene and
benzene (carcinogenic)
• By blocking sewage systems and
providing breeding grounds for
mosquitoes and other pests, plastic
bags can raise the risk of transmission
of vector-borne diseases such as
malaria.
• if ingested by fish or other marine life,
can enter our food chain.
Health and Social impacts

22. Health and Social impacts
• Plastics blocking the
airways and stomachs of
hundreds of species
• Plastic waste is often burned
for heat or cooking,
exposing people to toxic
emissions

23. The future costs of removing all single-use plastics accumulating in
the environment is estimated as higher than the costs of preventing
littering today
Economic impacts:

25. 1. Waste Management System Improvements

26. 1. Waste Management System Improvements
Segregation of waste at source Segregation of Plastics By Codes

27. 2. Promotion of Eco-friendly Alternatives

28. 3. Voluntary Reduction Strategies

29. 4. Framing Regulatory And Economic Instruments

31. National-level plastic bag bans
and Styrofoam regulations

32. National-level plastic bag bans
and Styrofoam regulations

33. National-level plastic bag bans
and Styrofoam regulations

34. National-level plastic bag bans
and Styrofoam regulations

35. 5. Social Awareness/ Public Pressure

36. Despite initial resistance from the
local government, the governor
eventually signed a memorandum of
understanding to phase out plastic
bags by 2018.
Two teenagers campaigned for over
four years to get plastic bags
banned from the island, starting
with a petition that collected over
100,000 signatures.
5. Social Awareness/ Public Pressure

37. Public action as driver of change
BEFORE AFTER2015 2017
Versova Beach, Mumbai

38. Plastics – Use in Construction Industry
Roads with use of plastic waste

39. Plastic roads vs conventional roads
• Overall reduction in bitumen consumption by 10‐15%
• Enhanced load carrying strength
• Less wear and tear, i.e. longer life
• Laying 1 Km of road requires 10 Lakh carry bags
• Prevents release of 3 tonnes of CO2 (through disposal by burning)
into the atmosphere
• Increased road strength (Marshall Stability Value)

42. Our Prime Minister Committed To Say
NO To Single Use Plastic

49. REFERANCES
• Single Use Plastic, A Roadmap For Sustainability By….
United nation Environment Programme, 2018.
https://reloopplatform.eu/unep-report-on-single-use-
plastics/#targetText=On%205%20June%202018%2C%20the,Plastics%3
A%20A%20Roadmap%20for%20Sustainability.&targetText=The%20rep
ort%20also%20looks%20at,and%20draws%20lessons%20for%20policy
makers.
• Google
• Newspapers.
• Slideshare.com

50. Thanks A Lot For Being With me