HOW TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE

Carry your own shopping bags while going out Serve food in reusables Encourage your society to go plastic-free

Say no to straws Switch from disposable diapers to cloth

Stop buying bottled water Residents and activists said that a lack of monitoring and enforcement of penalty norms has made it easy for people to dump garbage in the open Stray animals, especially cows, are affected by the consumption of polythene bags. This was observed at a plot in Sector 23A on Sunday

Residents of housing societies on Golf Course Extension Road, in Sector 57, Ardee City, Sector 47, Sector 10A and DLF-4, said plastic waste is frequently dumped in their locality.