Garbage kings

Garbage kings

Indonesia is indebted to mother nature for bestowing her
magnanimity on this island country for having in possession some
of the world's number one features like the longest coastline,
active volcanoes, varied culture and green forests.

However, these priceless belongings are being depleted at a
swashbuckling pace by the world's inmates. We have seen that
though great care is being taken to design and develop variegated
polyethylene bags for carrying merchandise, it is high time we
devoted a little attention by looking at the other side of the
coin. Even a simple thing like a greeting card is suffocated in
two plastic coverings. Take-away fast foods are also subjected to
the same treatment. By resorting to these plastic bags we have
become one of the world's largest garbage producers. Now isn't
that some kind of effrontery.

May I therefore beseech the caretakers of humanity, to
inculcate the public to implement usage of the much more
environmentally friendly and biodegradable packaging material
(paper) as used in fast-food restaurants like McDonald's, Wendy's
and others. Coca Cola in a paper cup is equally palatable. I have
seen this in the U.S. where paper bags are exquisitely designed
and tantamount to the same aesthetic value as plastic bags.

Thus I request all my fellow countrymen to come forward and
give a pugilistic approach to alleviate this problem once and for
all and not try to boast being garbage kings, so that our next
generation is bequeathed with a much cleaner environment.

YASHWANT AWASTHI

Purwakarta, West Java