https://www.pitara.com/tags/recycling-problems/Recent content in Recycling Problems on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/the-plastic-menace/Tue, 09 Jan 2001 02:18:05 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/the-plastic-menace/<p>Heavy rains lashed Mumbai city a few months ago, the worst rains in decades. The downpour literally brought the city to a standstill. And all because of discarded plastic bags. Plastic bags or polythene bags are essentially made of petro-chemicals.</p> <p>These bags are very thin and in a strong wind can fly away from garbage bins and land on drains and rain-water channels. The bags then clog the drains as they do not let water to flow through.</p>