Every time you buy chips, sip from a plastic bottle, or order takeout, there's one thing that sticks around longer than the memory: plastic.

Plastic pollution isn't just about trash on roads or beaches. It’s about microplastics in our food, animals choking on wrappers, and entire ecosystems getting wrecked. A single-use bottle you throw away today might stay on Earth for 450 years. Yup, it outlives all of us—and maybe our grandkids too.

Why should we care? Because this mess is ours. India alone generates over 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. Most of it isn’t recycled. It ends up clogging drains, burning in garbage piles, or floating in rivers like Ganga and Yamuna.

But here's the deal: we can flip the script.

Start with simple switches—carry a bottle, ditch plastic bags, avoid extra packaging. Talk to your school to reduce plastic during fests or events. Track your actions through platforms like GoSharpener and flex your eco points.

Plastic pollution isn’t someone else's problem. It's ours. And we’re the only ones who can clean it up—one choice, one day at a time.