MAHE Launches Campaign to Discourage Use of Single-Use Pens & Encourage Refill System

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) launched a campaign in education institutes in Manipal and Udupi on Monday to discourage the use of single-use pens and encourage refill system. The Eco Club of Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, received the funding from Shyama Jewels Puttur Pvt. Ltd. to take up the campaign.

MAHE Registrar Narayana Sabhahit said: “By opting for good quality reusable pens, one can reduce plastic waste being generated by throwing millions of single-use pens.”

The launch of the campaign coincides with Swachhata Pakhwada, an initiative of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, where one of the objectives is to curb the use of single-use plastics