Novel prize preaches anti-plastic message

According to Shanker, the school authorities had also covered the subject in the classroom. Besides the media, schoolteachers had a large role to play in a campaign like this, she added.

“We have taken the first step to making students stop using plastic bags to bring their lunch or other things by awarding cloth bags”, Shanker said. “Though the awareness angle could be covered by demonstrations and charts, the prize will actually encourage students to use cloth bags”.