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Stuck at home? You can still do your bit for the environment

With most people at home these days, Kanchana recommends simple things which can be done to minimize environmental damage. These include naturally purifying the air around you by incorporating more plants at home, replacing chemical detergents with non-harmful alternatives like baking soda, citronella oil and natural vinegar and reusing water used for tasks like cleaning rice by watering your garden with it.

Most notable is the novel and unique solution to plastic pollution; creating Ecobricks. Despite doing her best to lead a zero waste lifestyle, single use materials in the form of packaging, labels, wrappers and more are an unavoidable addition to most necessary purchases, says Kanchana. Following a meeting with the creator of the Ecobrick,

Russell Maier, she finally found a way to give these items a new purpose. Ecobrick is a plastic bottle packed tight with used, unrecyclable plastic to create a reusable building block and can be used to produce items, such as furniture, garden walls and other structures. Since then Kanchana has been using and promoting the Ecobrick to institutions around both Sri Lanka and India.

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