BREAKING THEPLASTIC CYCLE IN ASIA

Plastic has become one of the most used substances in everyday life. From each and every grocery store to every other household, plastic is habitual. Abundant use of plastic is contributing to direct and indirect adverse effects on the environment, biodiversity, as well as on human health. Each year, approximately one hundred tonnes of plastic is dumped in landfill sites by the Nepal government. This has aggravated the loss of nutrients in water and soil. The Nepal government banned single-use plastic with less than 40 microns in 2015, but lack of monitoring and stringent laws without an effective operation strategy deterred it from being successful from the very beginning. At present, primarily urban cities are vastly affected by plastic pollution.