They’ve also placed a tracking device on a plastic bottle, similar to the one placed on sharks. The bottle was then left to drift in the Ganges to measure how far downside it can go in the river. 

Sharat Jyotsna works as a active volunteer to help with solid waste segregation. She says we need to stop using plastic disposables. ” it’s hardly used for 30 mins and is thrown away only to add more, to the already existing Garbage piles.”

The eXXpedition has also arranged similar all-women voyages in the past in the waters of the North Pacific, around Britain, the Caribbean and the US Great Lakes, among others.

To ensure that their customers realise their duty towards the environment, a supermarket in the Canadian city of Vancouver has introduced plastic bags with embarrassing slogans printed on them.

Plastic pollution is becoming a huge problem, not just in India but worldwide. With sea animals dying due to excessive accumulation of plastic waste in water bodies and land animals choking on plastic after mistakenly consuming them, various organisations as well as countries are trying to come up with ways to change the current scenario. […]