| Plastic smiles do not evoke sentiments. The fact | | | | skyline. They all vary in their chemical composition, |
| that plastic is artificial has made it the latest social | | | | and hence in their utilities and characteristics. Just |
| taboo, despite it being one of mankind's most | | | | the way apples and oranges are different fruits, |
| used utilities which cannot be shunned for a better | | | | plastics too have seven broad types, which in |
| alternative, just yet. | | | | more ways than one, determine to what extent |
| Plastic being non-biodegradable, can have one of | | | | they can be recycled and put back into use. So, a |
| two conclusions - either add to the planet's | | | | lump of used cling film and a crumpled sandwich |
| massive garbage reserves, or get recycled and | | | | bag cannot be recycled alongwith a hard and |
| get back into use in some other form. Since the | | | | gruff-looking gasoline drum. Neither can a feeding |
| first option scares an increasingly | | | | bottle and a plastic PVC pipe be recycled |
| ecology-conscious generation, which has been | | | | together. Itemised discretion in plastic recycling is |
| campaigning and lobbying with governments | | | | almost as important as being particular about |
| worldwide to shun the use of plastics wherever | | | | injecting the right blood group with the right |
| possible, the second option - of recycling - still | | | | rhesus factor into the patient who needs it. |
| manages to get widespread acceptance, given | | | | Plastic recycling helps, provided the user |
| that the all-pervading usage of plastic in our lives is | | | | community plays its role in following an instinctive |
| yet to find a credible eco-friendly alternative, | | | | sorting process while trashing its plastic items |
| which will allow us to stand up and say a firm NO | | | | after use. The more we sort now, the less will be |
| to the chemical concoction, fearing diverse side | | | | our need of fresh plastic to be produced, leaving |
| effects or just the avoidable plastic pollution. | | | | the world cleaner by an iota. Now, isn't that |
| From tender cling films and sandwich bags to | | | | desirable, in the planet's interests? |
| gigantic gasoline drums - they all form our daily | | | | |