Plastic Pens are a Friend to the Mind but an Enemy to the Environment

Jyoti Godani, Lini Thomas
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The major objective of this study is to raise consumer awareness about the fact that the plastic we use brings toxins to landfills and water bodies. The number of plastic pens introduced to the market each year in the nation ranges from 1,600 to 2,400 million and 91% of the plastic waste produced by these pens is not recycled. We still use a staggering number of disposable pens despite switching to technology and going paperless in recent years. The throwaway culture of modern society has ensured that we no longer have an emotional connection to a pen or pencil. For generations, pen was a symbol of learning, but now it is just another piece of plastic trash. This study uses a quantitative approach to learn about consumers' willingness to accept eco-friendly pens as a legitimate substitute for plastic pens. This study emphasizes the Pen Drive effort, a campaign to discourage the use of plastic pens, as well as ways to recycle used pens through Terra Cycle and educate people about using eco-friendly pens.
塑料笔是心灵的朋友,却是环境的敌人
这项研究的主要目的是提高消费者对我们使用的塑料会给垃圾填埋场和水体带来毒素这一事实的认识。每年进入市场的塑料笔数量在16亿到24亿支之间,这些笔产生的91%的塑料废物没有被回收利用。尽管近年来我们转向科技和无纸化,但我们仍然使用着数量惊人的一次性笔。现代社会的一次性文化确保了我们不再与笔或铅笔有情感联系。几代人以来,笔是学习的象征,但现在它只是另一块塑料垃圾。本研究采用定量方法来了解消费者是否愿意接受环保笔作为塑料笔的合法替代品。这项研究强调了Pen Drive的努力,这是一项阻止使用塑料笔的运动,以及通过Terra Cycle回收废旧笔的方法,并教育人们使用环保笔。
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