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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

BEAT THE PLASTIC, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.
By: GLEN DON
The world is running speedily when it comes to technological advancements.
But again where will the world be, when things that threatens our lives still exist, day in day out we consume poisonous substances, is this euthanasia?
Perhaps answers cannot be found but questions will still continue to linger in minds.
The environment we live in, water, land, air all are getting polluted.
June 5, is always World Environment Day. This year's theme is "BEAT THE PLASTIC, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION."
Scientifically, plastics are proving to be carcinogenic in human being, on land it prevents decomposition as itself doesn't decompose, in water they alter oxygen circulation hence marine life in danger, in air, when plastics are burnt they emit dangerous gases to the atmosphere leading to health problems to living things and non living things, as well destruction of the atmospheric layers.
Beating the plastic is the theme, but what are the remarkable strides that have been taken since it was discovered that plastic is dangerous. Kenya, in 2017 banned the usage of plastic bags, having joined other countries who had banned the plastics by then, the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) have put every effort in ensuring that the ban was taken in to effect, the effort was lethal only the first few months it was banned but today things are different.
Today, I went to a grocer, having bought tomatoes of about Ksh.50, they were wrapped up in a plastic bag, later I proceeded to butchery and bought meat, the meat was also stashed in another plastic bag.
If the ban was effective, then where are they from, does it mean that there is a loophole where the government is yet discover or was it imparted partially, because a greater percentage of products in Kenya still get in touch to plastic bags; loaves of bread, soaps, among other consumables still get in touch of plastic bags.
After using the plastics they end up in lands or water bodies or some get burnt hence emission of harmful gases.
World still have a long way to go in as far as beating plastic is concerned and as well when ecosystem restoration as a subject. Maybe all these can just be a theme to act for uniformity, better the action than the themes in words.
Saving marine life, saving animal's life, saving the air from being polluted is a mandate to human being. 
This is the right time, the world should engineer best alternatives to substitute the plastic usage. If it is plastic eradication, it should be more than three-quarter percentage eradication, eradication should begin with plastic utensils among other domestic items.
Loving our mother earth should be the priority for a better living .
Let the campaign now be how to materialize the theme beating plastic, ecosystem restoration into actuality.

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