BEAT PLASTIC POLLUTION Nikunja Bihari Sahu Plastic has been an important part of our daily life ever since it was synthesized and patented by the Belgian chemist Leo Bakeland in 1907. We daily wake up to brush our teeth with plastic, bathe with tubs of plastic, drink water with bottles of plastic and sleep with pillow covers of plastic. Plastic is easy to mold to different shapes of our choice, cheap and durable and that is why its popularity in society has been constantly on the rise. Plastic is primarily manufactured from fossil fuel raw materials like crude petroleum oil and is chemically a synthetic long-chain polymer. It is needless to say that the pace and progress of our present civilization is hardly imagined without plastic. However, plastic has a very long life span in our biosphere and, therefore, is not easily biodegradable. Disposal of plastic items in an eco-friendly manner without causing ha
