Beat Plastic Pollution, An Expert Talk organised by Prakruthi in association with IEEE LBRCE
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 their organisation, Centre Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) and its activities.
Key Resource person, Sri. V.Kiran Kumar gave awareness on how to “Beat Plastic Pollution” covering the following points:
Later, the central co-ordinator of prakruthi club addressed the students about the growing concern on environmental protection and encouraged students to take up projects which help in saving environment. The proceedings were ended with thank you note by Ms. Bhagya Lakshmi, mentor of Prakruthi Club.
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 their organisation, Centre Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET) and its activities.
Key Resource person, Sri. V.Kiran Kumar gave awareness on how to “Beat Plastic Pollution” covering the following points:
- Plastic usage per person in various countries.
- Benifits of plastic.
- Plastic usage and its ill effects with improper disposal.
- Environmental concerns.
- Plastic Management.
- Recycle & Reuse is the best method of beating plastic pollution.
- Projects to be taken up by students in the area of plastic management.
Later, the central co-ordinator of prakruthi club addressed the students about the growing concern on environmental protection and encouraged students to take up projects which help in saving environment. The proceedings were ended with thank you note by Ms. Bhagya Lakshmi, mentor of Prakruthi Club.
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