Comments on: Sachet Water Waste: A case of uncontrolled disposal

By: #GoGreen2017: Some bad environmental practices to leave behind in 2016 | Green Habitat Sustainable Development Initiative

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:45:51 +0000

[…] When we go shopping, we collect so much plastic and end up dumping them in the trash bins. Likewise, we prefer to buy plastic water and soft drinks than bottled ones. These plastics which are usually recyclables end up being thrown in the environment which takes so over 50 years to decompose. plastic bottles take as much as 200 years to completely decompose. Another source of plastic disposal of environmental concern is the sachet water bags otherwise called ‘pure water’. GHI co-founder Sada Haruna wrote a piece on this. It can be found here. […]

By: greenhabitatng

greenhabitatng — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 21:37:32 +0000

In reply to Danladi Yunana. Thank you for the feedback Danladi. It is good to hear about the work you are doing on finding a solution to the problem. Would love to see the result when it completed. This is indeed the kind of research needed for ensuring environmental sustainability in our country. Wishing you good luck.

By: Danladi Yunana

Danladi Yunana — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:17:04 +0000

Highly insighful & Well elucidated piece on the menace of escalating poor management of polythene waste. However, at the moment my proposed thesis is on devicing a sustainable and practicable solution to this problem. I am hopeful the result from my work will definitely do well in addressing this growing waste management need. I found your article inspiring and a plus to my aspiration.