The Prakruthi, The environmental club of LBRCE and IEEE LBRCE of the institute jointly organised an Expert talk on “Beat Plastic Pollution” by Sri. V.Kiran Kumar , Director & Head, CIPET & Centre for Skilling and Technical Support(CSTS)-Vijayawada, for II year B.Tech students of the institute on 18-07-2018, 2.00pm to 4.00pm, in Lotus Hall. LBRCE IEEE Student Branch Counsellor, Dr.M.Umavani welcomed the resource persons and students. In her welcome message she said while plastic has many advantages, we have become over reliant on single-use or disposable plastic which have severe environmental consequences. Around the world, 1 million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute. Every year we use up to 5 trillion disposable plastic bags. In total, 50 per cent of the plastic we use is single use. Which is finally reaching rivers/seas and causing environmental pollution. One of the resource persons, Mr.Ravindra Reddy , Senior Tecnical Officer, CIPET explained about th