Ahead Of World Environment Day 2018, People From All Walks Of Life Take #BeatPlasticPollution Challenge

Dia Mirza refuses plastic sanitary napkins: Actor and United Nations Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India, Dia Mirza, took the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge and through a short video message, urged women to stop the use of regular plastic sanitary napkins and go for greener alternatives.

Alia Bhatt ditches the use of plastic bottles: Accepting the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge by Dia Mirza, actor Alia Bhatt pledged to not use single use plastic water bottles. She said, ‘#BeatPasticPollution by switching to steel or glass bottles today! Plastic bottles take 450 years or more to decompose, harming us and our environment. I am now one step closer towards purging plastic from my life.'

Erik Solheim bids adieu to plastic straws: 'On this World Environment Day, I will do whatever it takes to beat plastic pollution,' with this as his motto, UN Environment Head Erik Solheim took the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge and appealed to ditch one of the most littered items - plastic straws completely and opt for greener alternatives.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan gives up plastic bottles: "For World Environment Day, I am giving up disposable plastic bottles to beat plastic pollution," said Union Environment Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan. He was challenged by Erik Solheim's to #BeatPlasticPollution.

Lewis Pugh rejects plastic straws: Lewis Pugh, UN Environment Patron of the Oceans, took the pledge to ditch the use of plastic bottles from his life. Through a video message, Lewis highlighted the danger non-biodegradable plastic posed to both human and animal life and said, "Instead of using a plastic bottle, just use a reusable one, which can be used 100 times."

Afroz Shah refuses the use of plastic cups:Nominated by UN Environment Patron of the Oceans, Lewis Pugh, Environmentalist Afroz Shah took the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge and pledged to refuse single-use plastic cups. Reason being, "This is found in huge quantities on my beaches, lakes, and riverfronts", stated man behind Versova beach clean-up.

Tom Felton ditches plastic straws: "The simple formula is - if you cannot reuse, refuse it", said Hollywood actor Tom Felton who took the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge and pledged to ditch the use of plastic straws, following Erik Solheim.

James Cromwell says goodbye to plastic bottles: Pledging to ditch plastic bottles, actor James Cromwell took the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge. Further, he urged everyone to take the pledge and replace any and all single-use plastic items with its reusable alternatives.

Aditi Rao Hydari breaks-up with plastic bottles: Actor Aditi Rao Hydari took the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge and broke her toxic relationship with plastic bottles.

Arjun Kapoor replaces plastic bottles with metal bottle: Joining the bandwagon, actor Arjun Kapoor took the #BeatPlasticPollution challenge. He said, "It takes one small step to #BeatPlasticPollution! I've replaced using plastic bottles with a metal one. It's convinient & environment friendly."