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They visited 30 houses from each Panchayath as part of Survey. A leaflet was distributed so as to
spread the awareness about the harmful effects of plastic.

In all the three Panchayath people are using plastic products in their households. They
use it due to the easy availability of plastics goods. Majority of the people wanted to reduce the use
of plastics as the disposal of waste plastic is a major problem. Even though the people are aware
of the danger of burning plastic, they are forced to dispose plastic waste by burning. They are of
the opinion that Government and Panchayath authorities need to take responsibility for the disposal
of plastics. People are aware about the rules and regulations that came into effect and the recent
ban on the single use plastics, plastic covers etc. The people are getting proper awareness about the
disposal of plastic wastes through social media. But they lack facilities to dispose plastic waste and
organic waste separately.

By summarizing all these points, we came to a conclusion that majority people are ignorant
about the various facilities that the government had introduced. Government cannot impose full
ban on the plastic products immediately. But we can effectively implement the five “R” s that are
Reuse, Reduce, Refuse, Recycle and Repurpose.