Allahabad University bans single-use plastics in all forms on campus

The Allahabad University administration has asked the senior faculty members and research scholars to lead the efforts and to make the central varsity campus single-use plastic-free in all forms. 

The Allahabad University (AU) has not only banned single-use plastics on the campus but is also planning to spread awareness on the same outside the campus. The Allahabad University administration has asked the senior faculty members and research scholars to lead the efforts and to make the central varsity campus single-use plastic-free in all forms. 

A team has been formed on the campus 'Committee for the elimination of single-use plastic', headed by Prof Mohan Prasad, on the initiative of Vice Chancellor Professor Sangita Srivastava. 
The committee formed for the task also includes professors and heads of the departments (HODs) of Allahabad University. Events like awareness drives and visits to departments to motivate teachers and students to embrace a more environment-friendly style of working by shunning single-use plastics have been planned. 

"The university administration is determined to make the campus free from single-use plastics and therefore the same has been banned on the campus," Jaya Kapoor, PRO, said.

In September 2019, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had released guidelines as per which all the higher education institutions across the country were asked to impose a ban on single-use plastic.
The move had come ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching a mass movement against single-use plastic from October 2, which had marked the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

As per the guidelines, every higher education institution in the country was asked to ban single-use plastics in the canteens, hostels and shopping complexes in the institution's premises and carry out awareness drives and sensitisation workshops on the harmful impacts of single-use plastics. The guidelines also mandated all students to avoid bringing non-biodegradable plastic items to the institution and install necessary alternative facilities like water units to prevent the use of such plastic.

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