Bhubaneswar, March 6 -- Puri: In a unique effort to create awareness among people about the harmful effects of plastic on human health and the need to build a green environment, a girl from the pilgrim city has come up with a fantastic eco-friendly innovation towards a plastic-free Odisha and India wherein one can plant pens and pencils made of waste paper and seeds to grow plants at their home.

Over the past few months, the government has laid emphasis on the need to end the use of single-use plastic, which has become one of the major sources of pollution adversely impacting the already fragile ecological balance.

According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) annual report 2017-2018, approximately 8 million tons of plastic produc...