CitizensForTomorrow

To create awareness about the harmful effects of plastic pollution on our ecosystem and adopt sustainable practice #sustainability #plasticfreeworld

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

@shirodkarnilu @prmunshi @kssanjay @SuperAalif @moefcc @11thHour_ https://t.co/wlrSHSiJSm

[Juhi Chawla Mehta @iam_juhi]

Thank you @t2telegraph for this brilliant article...... #WarAgainstPlastic @KKRiders
https://t.co/4yr1LOZmfc

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Nestle produced 1.7 million tonnes of plastics last year. That's the weight of 10,000 blue whales and that needs to stop.

Time to #EndPlasticPollution.

#Wasteless #Useless #Needless #BreakFreeFromPlastic

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

This pandemic shown the world and all human beings it’s time to heal our mother earth and fight battle against climate change... one hand we are fighting against this virus 🦠 and on the other hand we are helping our mother earth to heal.....

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

Happy 50ty Earth 🌍 Day... April 22nd, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. We grow up, live and die on the Earth. The mother nature is not just home to billions of humans, but also to infinite flora and fauna. #earthday #22april #saveearth #climatechange #environment

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

These bottles are even more harmful to children.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

Drinking out of plastic bottles
Microplastics can be found in a large number of plastic bottles. These microplastics are threatening to human health. #plastics #harmful #childrenhealth #microplastic #plasticbottles

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

These components found in plastic bottles can decrease fertility, increase body fat, have a negative impact on the nervous and immune systems, affect male genital development, encourage childhood obesity, and increase the chances of developing cardiovascular disease.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

The Break Free From Plastic Act would also place an all-out ban on certain single-use plastics that are non-recyclable, and prohibit plastic waste from being shipped overseas to developing countries.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

What If Nestlé and Coke Had to Clean up Their Own Plastic Pollution?
https://t.co/iofXXJSjFI @iam_juhi @ErikSolheim @UNEP @UNFCCC @EarthDayNetwork @down2earthindia @PlasticChange @shirodkarnilu @UNEnvironment1 #nestle #cocacola
#plasticpollution #beatplasticpollution

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

The bill, introduced by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), would hold major plastic polluters, such as Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, accountable for their pollution by requiring them to finance waste and recycling programs.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

They emphasised a shared understanding of the global and urgent nature of marine plastic litter and microplastics and underlined the issue cannot be solved by any one country alone.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

India and Norway team up to fight plastic pollution

https://t.co/UWafHE7lvj @iam_juhi @ErikSolheim @UNEP @AUThackeray @FMEnvng @moefcc @PrakashJavdekar #norway #citizensfortomorrow

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Norwegian Environment Minister Sveinung Rotevatn met in Gandhinagar, India, yesterday at a UN conference and agreed to jointly tackle concerns related to oceans, the environment and climate matters.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

More than 10,000 of the wrappers, came from a company called Britannia (owned primarily by Nabisco) which makes biscuits, bread, and cakes.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

Indian Students Mail 20,000 Plastic Food Wrappers Back to Manufacturers

https://t.co/yzHrBPpNhG @ErikSolheim @UNEP @iam_juhi @shirodkarnilu @PlasticChange @AUThackeray @down2earthindia @EarthDayNetwork

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

Students from one middle school in the port city of Thoothukudi collected more than 20,000 packaged food wrappers in less than two weeks, sorted them out and mailed them back to the companies who manufactured them.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

Our booming fishing industry, the second-largest in the world, is under threat from rising levels of marine plastic debris. By 2025, the amount of plastic waste leaking into our oceans could increase to 800,000 tonnes – if no action is taken.

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

Here’s how Indonesia plans to take on its plastic pollution challenge @ErikSolheim @UNFCCC @UNEP @down2earthindia @BBC @BBCEarth @shirodkarnilu

https://t.co/visBeVjaCe

[CitizensForTomorrow @CFTPlasticBan]

the amount of plastic waste generated in Indonesia each year is growing at unsustainable levels. In our cities, our waterways and our coastlines, the accumulation of toxic plastic waste is harming our food systems and the health of our people.