Crockery bank to fight plastic pollution |
Meet Sameera Satija who, in a bid to reduce the use of disposable plates and glasses, has launched a `crockery bank` that lends steel utensils to various programmes and events – all free of cost. Explaining how she started this one-of-the-kind initiative, Satija, a central government employee, told indianexpress.com she had always liked how in summer months some Good Samaritans would serve water to commuters. However, the 45-year-old Gurugram resident, in an email interview, added, “The large number of disposable plates, glasses that were left behind after any bhandara, langar, chabeel in public places always appalled me. The plastic waste would clog drains and get stuck in horticulture iron nets. Sometimes, animals swallow them because of leftover food items sticking to them.” With her own money, Satija made a beginning with around 100 steel glasses and 75 plates and created a Facebook page called `Crockery Bank for Everyone` with a simple formula “ask – use – wash – return. She initially procured the first batch of utensils from a friend`s factory. Her first venture was ahead of Nirzala Akadashi when she lent steel glasses for lassi to people organising Chabeel recently. One of the groups, she said, still kept the glasses as they are organising Chabeel regularly.
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