OCEANS AND PLASTIC

  Sm all scale industries                            In general there are two types of small scale industries, modern and traditional. Traditional industries are home-based, use simple tools and equipment, depend on family labor, and are completely manual.Traditional small industries include khadi and handloom, village industries, handicrafts, sericulture, coir, etc.        Essentially the small scale industries are generally comprised of those industries which manufacture, produce and render services with the help of small machines and less manpowerThese enterprises must fall under the guidelines, set by the Government of India. The SSI’s are the lifeline of the economy, especially in developing countries like India. These industries are generally labour-intensive, and hence they play an important role in the creation of employment. SSI’s are a crucial sector of the economy both from a f...

O ur oceans are turning into plastic….are we conscious about this? The answer to this question would most likely be not really. Generally many of us knew how much plastic effects the environment around us. Many of us might have also seen tons of plastic being dumped in some areas and how that areas have been affected by it. But how many of us knew that the plastic which is more than a million times the quantity we see on the land is being dumped in the ocean? HOW MUCH PLASTIC IS IN THE OCEAN?           Plastic is a major contributor to ocean pollution, but ‘how much plastic is in the ocean’, you ask? A study published in 2017 estimated between 1.15 to 2.41 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans via rivers annually, with peak months being between May and October. The top 20 contributing rivers which, according to the report are mostly found in Asia, contribute around 67% of all plastics flowing into the ocean from rivers around the world.     ...