Save environment ban thermocol

Thermocol is a bio non degradable product and is one more enemy of environment. The use of this product has grown in the past ten years or so – most packaged items rely on thermocol. Whether it is a television or a computer or a washing machine, the inner packaging is invariably of thermocol. It is easy to mould to shape and ensures damage free transportation of fragile consignments. But what happens to this ultra light weight packaging material once the product is taken out and the packaging discarded? Some use these for decorations – they can be easily cut into desired shapes, painted and used to liven up the walls. But, a majority of these find their way into dust bins and from there travel to the dumping grounds to remain buried in the heap of trash. Since these do not possess bio degradable qualities, they continue to remain intact.

Similarly for thermocol sheets used in schools and colleges, these are used for mounting drawings and photographs in exhibitions or in the showcases of shops or for decorating stalls in fairs. But, whatever is the purpose, at the end of the day they create environmental problems. Days of paper and cardboards have gone, so also have gone those corrugated sheets that one would fund in medicine bottles to support the bottle in its package. Thermocol has taken over and if things are not checked, the dumping grounds would get converted into mounds of thermocol, plastics and other such products like reels of music cassettes, damaged floppy discs, damaged compact discs etcetera that will annihilate mankind.