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Eco-Bricks: Save the Environment from the comfort of your home!

 How can you save the environment in the comfort of your home? I have got a wonderful and interesting way for you! The ECO- BRICKS! An Ecobrick is a plastic bottle packed with used plastic to a set density. They serve as reusable building blocks. You will be surprised if you get to know that Ecobricks can be used to produce various items, including furniture, garden walls, and other structures. Ecobricks are produced primarily as a means of managing consumed plastic by sequestering it and containing it safely, by terminally reducing the net surface area of the packed plastic to effectively secure the plastic from degrading into toxins and microplastics. So, the question is how are we saving our environment through this?  PLASTIC POLLUTION: LANDFILLS AND GLOBAL WARMING First, let us know about Plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags, and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affe...

Start of a sustainable lifestyle

Have you ever wondered how all of us harm\damage the environment around us in our day-to-day lives??,  From waking up in the morning to sleeping at night, we do many things, some of them are a part of our 'needs' or instead we can say that we cannot survive without them. There are many things that we do unknowingly or we can say those are the subconscious beliefs that may/ may not be given to us by our society. Also, the things that are a part of our 'wants' or instead we can say those things that we desire\ crave. Well, there are other actions \things we do that are excluded from these 3 main topics. So, I am starting this journey of living sustainably. Well, this will of course take some time to recondition my mind and get adjusted to this sustainable lifestyle. I will start focusing on sustainable alternatives to all the activities I do each day.   DAY -1, 5TH JUNE 2021 ( WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY) What's the first thing you do just after you wake up? It is okay i...