A group of volunteers of Bidyanondo Foundation took up an initiative to reduce plastic pollution on the island of St Martins on December 12. Under the project, a “Plastic Exchange Store” has been set up in the island in collaboration with the district administration.
At the store, people can exchange the empty containers or bottles of used plastic products and buy daily necessities including rice, pulses, oil, sugar, and salt. Since this creates an incentive structure in terms of the demand of people’s daily necessities being met, the environmental pollution will be reduced, said a press release
The “Plastic Exchange Store” will remain open twice a month. People can in turn exchange their stored or collected plastic for necessary goods as per their needs.
