Polythene Surrounding World

Polythene Surrounding World

When buying peanuts at stores you have to ask them to carefully fold the paper. They may put it in a polythene bag with a slight mistake in listening to ask. They give if asked to fold in paper. This is not possible in other stores.

Polythene bags are reused during the introductory period. It was a continuation of the habit of reusing the cloth bag. Some people’s polythene bags can’t look on hand. They would have been so dirty. They will be folded in the bag though and reused again and again.

Over time, people have come to the conclusion that they do not use a polythene bag more than once. The widespread circulation of polythene has also proven that their results are correct.

Then when Velangudi uncle came to our house he would buy a packet of Britannia biscuit. The loaf of biscuit is wrapped in a kind of oiled paper. Oiled paper cover for sweet and savory varieties also used. Alva is wrapped neatly in a leaf and wrapped in rose thread on paper.

There will be hanging buckets at home to carry water if you go to lands and fields. There were also those who prepared and carried glass bottles around the towel to keep them from breaking.

If they go other places, it was rare to buy water and drink it. If thirsty who stood in front of the house and gave voice and bought water and drank. It is unbelievable to say that there were times when river water and pond water were drunk without looking clean. They drank that water and lived a healthy life. Even if we drink purified water, we get typhoid and diarrhea.

Copper lotta and hanging buckets were all in the house for carrying and buying milk. They will keep a concentration in the milk container without pouring anything else in it.

Pantry to keep cumin, pepper, dill. Pot to put tamarind. Ceramic jar to keep salt. Big vessels to keep the rice. Bamboo basket to keep chillies and coriander. From that time we have now come to the time of filling everything in plastic tubs with whatever we want to put in it.

Everything you buy is in polythene bags. Shirts, saris and dhoties whatever you buy are kept in polythene bags. Even though you buy underwear called Banyan and Jatti, they are still in polythene bags.

The groceries are also in polythene bags. Vegetables are also stored in polythene bags and refrigerated. Surrounding the flowers is also polythene. The food bought from the restaurant is also in polythene bags. Hot tea is also packed in a polythene bag. Polythene bags for drinking water.

If you buy ten cloth bags in the shops, they just put the ten bags in a polythene bag. Merchants have come to the mindset that whatever is given should be put in a polythene bag. People have come to the mindset that they have to buy it in a polythene bag.

Everything, including the chairs, has now been replaced with plastic. Wooden chairs and tin chairs are becoming obsolete. All around us are plastic and polythene rule around.

Since the Government has a responsibility to control all excess, including law and order, the State also has the responsibility to control the use of excess polythene and plastic. The government also has a duty to correct if it is not seen by the people.

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