: Three Women, 7.5 Lakh Empty Milk Packets Recycled: The Milk Bag Project #IndiaNEWS #Environment It is often a small spark that inspires big change. That is exactly what happened when a viral social

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Three Women, 7.5 Lakh Empty Milk Packets Recycled: The Milk Bag Project #IndiaNEWS #Environment
It is often a small spark that inspires big change. That is exactly what happened when a viral social media post led to three women saving almost 7. 5 lakh plastic milk packets from polluting the earth.
This post cautioned its viewers against snipping the corners off packets of milk to pour the liquid out. It suggested that instead, a slight slit is enough to empty it, and by not cutting all the way through, one can save a large amount of plastic bits from littering the land.
 

Your simple act of cutting milk sachet can have detrimental effect on the solid waste management of your city.
For us it is an eye opener. Never thought it like that. Must read. @WeAreBangalore pic. twitter. com/YSJ0FsM8VA
— urbanvoices. in (@urbanvoicesin) March 12, 2019
 
In 2019, three friends living in a common neighbourhood in Mumbai received this post as a WhatsApp forward. Inspired, Kunti Oza, Hansu Pardiwala and Chitra Hiremath started the Milk Bag Project (MBP).
“What the post was promoting was not a big task. And we realised that milk consumption in the city was obviously huge because a majority of the garbage on the beaches seems to comprise such packets. We all discussed this amongst ourselves and thought, ‘Why not act on this together

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