Licypriya attempts World Record with plastic bottles Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 26 2022: Globally known child environmental activist Licypriya Kangujam, while pursuing further her advocacy on climate change, attempted to enter Guinness World Record Book for spelling out sentence by using 6,056 plasticbottles. She took 9.02 minutes to arrange them into the line "Save our Planet and our future" with the support of students at Ryan International School, Noida Extension and her little sister Irina Kangujam. Guinness World Records is yet to verify the total, but said the current record is 3,325 bottles, achieved in Berkshire, UK by St Edward Prep School, in February 2022 . The record is measured on the total number of water bottles. Mention may be made Licypriya and her sister have collected all these bottles from hotels, restaurants and people through her Plastic Money Shop. Plastic Money Shop is her initiative where people can take free 2 kg of rice or a sapling or any school stationery items by bringing 1 kg of single-use plastic waste. The collected waste are then used to make school benches, house roof sheets, road tiles, etc., with a mission to eliminate single-use plastic waste from the planet Earth. The slogan used for the record was suggested by Licypriya Kangujam herself and was then voted by the whole school. The school principal Seema Kasumra said Licypriya and other students were keen to make a "statement " about climate change and the plastic pollution. Licypriya said, "Guinness World Record attempt is just an initiative by me to send a strong message on global plastic pollution crisis. It's not about just breaking a world record but we're fighting one of the biggest problems of our time, the climate change and the plastic pollution crisis. I am representing the voice of millions of children and millions of countless voiceless animals. I trust our little efforts can help to reduce the plastic pollution crisis in my country" . She also acknowledged the school founder and managing director Grace Pinto. "We must reduce our plastic consumption at home. Reducing plastic-consumption will reduce plastic pollution," she added. India alone produces about 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. Plastic pollution adversely affects our ecosystems and is also linked to air pollution. * This news is as published by respected news daily at Imphal, whose name is duly marked as 'Source'. E-Pao.net is not responsible for it's sanctity & originality. Comment * Comments posted by users in this discussion thread and other parts of this site are opinions of the individuals posting them (whose user ID is displayed alongside) and not the views of e-pao.net. We strongly recommend that users exercise responsibility, sensitivity and caution over language while writing your opinions which will be seen and read by other users. Please read a complete Guideline on using comments on this website. 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