Inspiring Sisters

Project Plastic, USA

Two sisters, Ayesha & Vaani, are hoping to reduce plastic in local communities by elimination, education and prevention.  These Wellesley Public School students have learned how plastic is destroying the Earth but are frustrated that not many people are doing anything about it.  They want to make a change.

They believe the first step to doing so is by picking plastic up from the streets of our own town.  Please join them on Saturday, April 27th from 2-3pm to pick up plastic, and other litter from the sidewalk of Route 9 that stretches from Cliff road to Kingsbury street.  Meet at the bottom of Cliff road, at the intersection with Route 16, where they will provide the trash collection bags and gloves.

“We would just like people to come with a positive attitude, and be ready to help, and if they cannot join us, we would love for people to go out to their backyards and streets and help remove plastic from their community,” said Ayesha & Vaani. “Thank you so much for all you help!”

They were aware of the challenges plastic creates in the world, but did not realize how people were personally being affected by it until they had the opportunity to visit India. There they saw first hand that people were living in areas where their houses were surrounded by plastic waste.  They were inspired to bring some change and created The Project Plastic USA  – follow the initiative on Instagram @projectplasticusa.

Their goal is to reduce plastic locally by picking it up from the roads, educating people about the harms plastic creates, and lastly preventing large companies to produce single use plastic products. They are starting with the clean up in their neighborhood in hopes of motivating other communities to do the same – perhaps, eventually, reaching places similar to the ones they saw in India.