Dehradun, Under the agreement between Gati Foundation and IIP, a second plastic bank was established at the Rajpur Road Branch of Ess Ell Honda, the largest two-wheeler dealership in the country including Uttarakhand.
Gati Foundation formed the Plastic Bank in the presence of officials and staff of Ess Ell Honda. Those gathered were told that apart from new two-wheelers being sold daily from the showrooms of Ess Ell Honda, a large number of two-wheelers also visited the showrooms for service, which meant that single-use plastic was being used in quantities. Plastic was also used in packing of oil and other parts used in service of vehicles. A rough estimate put the number of plastic waste collected at 300 to 400 kg every month from Ess Ell Honda alone.
On the occasion of the establishment of Plastic Bank, Director of Ess Ell Honda, Narendra Batra expressed happiness and said earlier we use to dispose plastic waste at our own level. However, now after opening of the plastic bank, it will be disposed off in a scientific manner. Batra said that he would also motivate the staff to deposit single use plastics in the plastic banks.
Anoop Nautiyal, Founder of Gati Foundation, said this is the second plastic bank in the city. In the coming days, efforts will be made to establish more plastic banks in institutions where single use plastic is used in large quantities. He appealed to the various city based organizations to try to collect plastic waste in such plastic banks. Anoop said that plastic deposited in this bank will be used to make diesel in the plant installed at the Indian Institute of Petroleum. Plastics that cannot be used in this work will be disposed off scientifically.
