Chief Secretary V.P. Joy on Wednesday called for a collective effort based on lifestyle changes and awareness creation for effectively phasing out the production and use of single-use plastics that pose a grave threat to the environment.
While Kerala had launched efforts to check the use of single-use plastics, the State still had a long way to go, he said. The Chief Secretary was speaking after inaugurating a workshop organised jointly by the Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, GIZ Germany (German Agency for International Cooperation), and the Centre for Environment and Development (CED), as part of implementing a project on 'Circular Economy Solutions (CES) for preventing marine litter in ecosystems' in Kerala.
The specific management of plastics had received less attention compared to the management of other forms of waste, Mr. Joy said, calling for greater emphasis on recycling of multi-use plastics.
