The #BottleCapChaChaChallenge was launched by Taekwondong 19659004] New Delhi: New day, new challenge! The Internet has been trapped in another viral trend – the bottle cap challenge, which has generated a relentless buzz on social media. As part of the challenge, a bottle is placed on a table with its cap misplaced and the person taking the challenge must untie the cap with a round kick. While celebrities such as Akshay Kumar, Sushmita Sen and Tiger Shroff, among others, have taken up the challenge in India, a celebrity finds it "disgusting".
United Nations Goodwill Ambbadador for the Environment, Dia Mirza, said on Twitter to express her disappointment. celebrities using plastic bottles to meet the challenge. She tweeted,
Thus, the #BottleCapChallenge that tends to become a trend makes me sick for a reason. Most being made with these damn plastic bottles. How will we realize the need to discontinue the use of single-use plastics? Less than 1% of plastic bottles are recycled worldwide.
The #BottleCapChallenge a trend that makes me sick, makes me sick for a reason. Most being made with these damn plastic bottles. How will we realize the need to discontinue the use of single-use plastics? Plastic bottles containing less than 1% of plastics are recycled worldwide.
– Dia Mirza (@deespeak) July 6, 2019
See also: Can India Eliminate Single Use Plastics By 2022?
As soon as the tweet was sent, Twitteratti rallied to support Ms. Mirza's position, pointing out how disposable plastic plastic is a big problem.
You're right Dia, tweeted a user.
You are right. Dia, most people play Challenge Bottles. They mainly use plastic bottles. People must stop using them more
– Ashik Ihsan (@ Ashik56405537) July 6, 2019
How to stop the production of such plastic bottles?
– Pranav Patel (@ pranav9983) ] July 6, 2019
The government must also stop the production of single-use plastics completely. As long as the production is in flux and plastics are readily available on the market, you can not blame the public for using it. Substitute materials will also be available in sufficient quantity …
– Amit Pal (@amitpalpg) On July 6, 2019
Whatever happened on it #BottleCapChallenge where we tokens all used mineral water bottle and cork in the trash after use? "Coz, it's the only one that matters.
Also try not to buy plastic bottles and do not ship yours. Help the planet a lot.
– Nishant Thakkar (@thatnishant) July 7, 2019
The effect of the bottle cap … A dolphin ???? did not open my muzzle and died of hunger. The insane elimination of a small plastic cap. #BottleCapChallenge #NewBottleCapChallenge #ecofriendly A quality image. Do not use plastic bottles, please. #BottleCapChallenge
Do not use plastic bottles, please. #BottleCapChallenge
– jayant rai (@ jayant_rai29) July 4, 2019
Read also: Canada will ban single-use plastics by 2021, here from other countries taking Action Against Plastic Waste
I hope that all the plastic bottles used on the #BottleCapChallenge will be recycled, said another user
. on the #BottleCapChallenge are recycled
– 3MuskerBeers! (@kenyan_parody) July 7, 2019
This is 2019. Rather than abandoning our reliance on single-use plastic, we are removing the plastic bottle cap for social media. #BottleCapChallenge pic.twitter.com/WvsA1bT9Ql
– Mike Campton (@mikecampton) on July 8, 2019
#BottleCapChallenge and will get you one in stainless steel.
– SADZ (@_sxdz_) July 7, 2019
The real challenge is to stop using plastic bottles #BottleCapChallenge #NoPlastic pic.twitter .com / 6P9IiOhvj56 / 19459010 Taking a Break – Hugues Feyrit (@FeyritHugues) July 7, 2019
How about instead of pulling the cap of a plastic bottle for the # BottleCapChallenge ] people decide not to buy a plastic bottle. Then the challenge is to make a little effort to take care of the planet and future generations. #myplasticfeedback
– one9eighty (@ one9eighty) July 5, 2019
Also Read: Waste Management: People Recycle More S • They Know What are recyclables 1965- 005] On June 25th Farabi Davletchin, an instructor and taekwondo fighter, reportedly launched the bottle challenge. But he became viral after the test of Max Holloway, a mixed martial artist, and musician John Mayer.
Ms. Mirza often speaks of the urgent need to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics in India; Recently, Bollywood's Bhai, Salman Khan, also launched an indirect but important message about the widely acknowledged crisis.
Khan shared a video on Twitter, where he can be seen offering water in a plastic bottle to a monkey, which he called "Bajrangi Bhaijaan". The monkey, however, refuses to accept. Mr. Khan then offers him some water in a glbad and 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan & # 39; do not wait to pick it up.
"Hamara bajrangi bhaijaan plastic ki bottle is paani nahi peeta" Salman subtitled the video.
Hamara bajrangi bhaijaan plastic ki bottle se paani nahi peeta … pic.twitter.com/uojM8w7IJX
– Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) June 29, 2019
Translated: Our Bajrangi Bhaijaan does not drink water. bottle.
While the video was fun, Mr. Khan conveyed an important message to his 37 million followers: it is time to stop using single-use plastic bottles.
NDTV – Dettol Banega Swachh The campaign in India supports the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) of the Government of India. This campaign, launched by the campaign's ambbadador, Amitabh Bachchan, aims to raise public awareness of hygiene and sanitation, the importance of building of toilets and to free India from open defecation from here to October 2019, goal set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the launch of Swachh Bharat. Abhiyan in 2014. Over the years, the campaign has expanded its field of action to cover such problems as air pollution, waste management, prohibition of plastic, cleaning Manual and of menstrual hygiene. The campaign also largely focused on marine pollution, the Ganga Clean Project and the rejuvenation of Yamuna, two of India's major rivers.