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Plastic Ban Pledge


Theme: Weather, Climate and Climate change education

Background

A school-based action to support the government's plastic ban. With the plastic ban reinforcement from 1st April 2019, schools across the country stand to support this green move. Although, most of the schools already have a waste management pledge and actions in place, this "No Plastic Initiative" will further instill the good values of more sustainable lifestyles in the schools.

Objectives

i.    Create awareness on climate change through plastic ban pledges
ii.   Instill the value of proper waste management
iii.  Encourage staff and students to minimize the use of plastic bottles by
      bringing their own reusable drinking cups

Target group: Whole school.

Program details:

1. Present scientific facts on effects of plastic pollution


Here we see that in 2010:
  • global primary production of plastic was 270 million tonnes;
  • global plastic waste was 275 million tonnes – it did exceed annual primary production through wastage of plastic from previous years.
  • only plastic waste which is improperly managed (mismanaged) is at significant risk of leakage to the environment; in 2010 this amounted to 31.9 million tonnes;
  • of this, 8 million tonnes – 3% of global annual plastics waste – entered the ocean.
  • The amount of plastic in surface waters is not very well known: estimates range from 10,000s to 100,000s tonnes.
Source: 
plastic pollution from https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution
the plastic initiative from https://theplasticinitiative.org
plastic pollution from https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/02/here-s-how-much-plastic-enters-ocean-each-yearhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/02/here-s-how-much-plastic-enters-ocean-each-year
global trends plastic pollution from http://www.plastic-resource-center.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Global-Plastic-Production-RisesRecycling-Lags.pdfhttp://www.plastic-resource-center.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Global-Plastic-Production-RisesRecycling-Lags.pdf


2. Advocate the national policy on plastic ban and local practices
3. Adoption of school-based plastic ban policy
4. Take individual pledges
5. Share on Social Media. Use hashtag #supportplasticbanBhutan

Expected Outcome:

1. School adopts plastic ban policy
2. Individual actions (action on individual pledge) for fighting climate change
3. Sensible and responsible plastic users
4. Climate action Advocators
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