Forest staff seize disposable plastics at three checkpoints inside the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, where 17,000 kg of recyclable and 33,000 kg of non-recyclable waste was collected by ragpickers from a local tribal community in 2023-24. The reserve was declared plastic-free on July 1.
As much as 5,600 kg of plastic waste collected in less than a month: that is perhaps how one could quantify the significance of the Amrabad Tiger Reserve’s fight against one of the biggest threats to its ecology—plastic waste. All this at a time when its tiger population has been increasing steadily—from seven in 2018 to 33 last year.
Source: Indianexpress
