INDIA @ COP 22
Tackling climate change in BiharInitiatives in Non-motorized Transport &
Plastic Waste
Vivek Kumar Singh I.A.S.
Principal Secretary, Environment &
Forest Department
Government of Bihar
Sustainable Lifestyle = Positive Climate Action
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State Demographic profile:
(Demographic Overview)
Indicators
Geographical Area
Year
Unit
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Bihar
India
State Demographic profile
2011
Lakh Sq. Km
0.94
32.87
Population
2011
Crore
10.3
121.02
Decadal Growth Rate
2011
Percentage
25.1
17.64
Density of Population
2011
Population/Sq. Km.
1,102
382
(Demographic Overview)
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Cycling- Bihar initiative to mitigate
CO2 emissions?
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Motivating the public at large in Bihar to adopt cycle as their
preferred conveyance mode for small distances in the cities
and towns instead of using motor vehicles.
Incentive and prize schemes have been launched since 2014
in the cities for promoting use of cycles.
The State government also envisages distributing 1 lakh
cycle to the citizens during this financial year.
Using cycle we can reduce 98.915 Kg CO2 emission per annum per cycle.
Use of 1 lakh cycle will reduce 9891.5 tonnes of CO2 per annum.
The rising numbers of youths population in Bihar with the success of our campaign,
the growth of cycle users to a range of one hundred lakh over the next five years will
lead to reduction of carbon emission by 989150 tonnes per annum.
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Impact of PET bottles: CO2 Emission
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Plastic bottles are a petroleum product and use 151 billion litres of oil to
produce each year. That’s enough to run 500,000 automobiles per year.
The water industry uses a further 2 billion litres of oil in distributing the
water bottles around the world.
2,500,000 tonnes of a carbon dioxide was produced in the manufacturing
of the plastic bottles each year.
The production of 1 kg of polyethylene (PET) requires the equivalent of
2 kg of oil for energy and raw material.
Burning 1 kg of oil creates about 3 kg of carbon dioxide i.e. per kg of
plastic, about 6 kg carbon dioxide is created.
Today, around 5% of the urban population of Bihar, approximately 1.65
million people use PET bottles per annum. It requires 9000 tonnes of
plastic that leads to the emission of approx. 54000 tonnes of CO2 per
annum.
If 90% of the urban population of Bihar will use PET bottles,
approximately 29.7 million would be using PET bottles per annum. It
requires 162000 tonnes of plastic that leads to the emission of approx.
972000 tonnes of CO2 per annum.
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Initiatives in Bihar to mitigate CO2
emissions
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The Department has banned the use of PET bottles in all official functions.
The Department has also launched a public awareness campaign against the use of
PET.
As Bihar is on rapid growth of economic development. An upward movement of
society and migration of rural to urban areas, a PET free Bihar (that may appear farfetched to many), today, around 5% of the urban population of Bihar,
approximately 1.65 million people use PET bottles per annum.
It requires 9000 tonnes of plastic that leads to the emission of approx. 54000 tonnes
of CO2 per annum which could be saved.
State Govt. has launched incentivized Agroforestry & “Har Parisar-Hara Parisar”
schemes to increase three cover beyond forest area and thereby creating carbon sink
and the private lands.
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The Bihar’s two pronged action planSay Yes to CYCLING,
And
No to PET,
A low investment, practical intervention in Bihar with mass
participation towards mitigation of CO2 emissions
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Thanks for Your Attention
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