She shows how practices like using paper bin-liners can replace the use of plastic bags. Read more at straitstimes.com.
makes no difference to Mrs Padmarani Srivatsan, who has been using alternatives for the last two years.
On folding newspaper bin liners, she said: “It’s like origami, it’s a form of therapy for kids.” This method saved multiple plastic bags in eight classrooms in her school, where cleaners previously changed plastic bin liners daily.At home, vegetable scraps are composted and used in her Housing Board corridor garden of sage, basil and other ornamental plants. “I’m so proud and happy that for the past 15 years, my kitchen waste has not gone to the trash,” said the 59-year-old mother of two.
“I knew the hardship of what it takes to grow food, not everyone does. I have personal experience so I know that it’s not easy. Those values were inculcated in me without my parents telling me,” she said. Mrs Padmarani Srivatsan folded newspapers to line the bin instead of plastic bag. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG7 in 10 shoppers will bring reusable bags when plastic bag charge kicks in on July 3: Survey
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