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The '''Single Use Plastic Deathbed''' is an [[art installation]] at Freedom Ghat on the bank of [[Ganges|Ganga river]] near [[Laxman Jhula]] in [[Rishikesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], India. It features three funeral pyres made from [[single use]] plastic waste. It was opened in December 2020.<br />
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==History==<br />
Climate activist Aakash Ranison organised six waste cleanup drives in various tourist places in Rishikesh with help of volunteers in September 2020. Some of the collected plastic waste was used to built the installation with support of the [[Rishikesh Municipal Corporation]] and local people to create the awareness regarding ill effects of single use plastic.<ref name="n18">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-24|title=Death by Plastic: Climate Activist Builds Funeral Pyres Out of Bottles to Highlight Pollution|url=https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/death-by-plastic-climate-activist-builds-funeral-pyre-out-of-bottles-of-highlight-pollution-3206261.html|access-date=2021-07-26|website=News18|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Nast|first=Condé|date=2020-12-22|title=A death-bed for plastic in Rishikesh has something to do with you|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/rishikesh-ganga-plastic-art-installation-sustainability/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Condé Nast Traveller India|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-08|title=Plastic Is Killing Humanity, With This Message, Deathbeds Made Out Of Single-use Plastic Have Been Installed In Rishikesh|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/plastic-is-killing-humanity-with-this-message-deathbeds-made-out-of-single-use-plastic-have-been-installed-in-rishikesh-54993/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-26|website=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Benu|first=Parvathi|date=2021-02-01|title=Aakash Ranison has set up three deathbeds using plastic waste drawn from the Ganga to remind us of our plastic woes|url=https://www.edexlive.com/happening/2021/feb/01/through-his-projectsustainably-aakash-ranison-has-set-up-three-deathbeds-near-rishikeshslakshma-17700.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-26|website=The New Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> It was opened on 20 December 2020 on the [[International Human Solidarity Day]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Installation==<br />
[[File:DeathBed-Climate-Art-Installation-Aakash-Ranison-Climate-Change-Activist-United-Nations-Sustainable-Development-Goal-13-Climate-Action-Advocate-Sustainably-Single-Use-Plastic-Ganga-Pollution-Rishikesh-1.jpg|thumb|Funeral pyres displaying plastic waste|left]]<br />
There are three funeral pyres measuring 8 feet long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet high.<ref name=":1" /> Each of these pyres is made of 26 kg of single use plastic, an average amount of plastic waste generated by an Indian annually. These three pyres are built from common types of plastic waste: [[Disposable product|disposable bottles]], [[Disposable food packaging|disposable food packages]] and [[Plastic container|plastic containers]] respectively. There is a mirror in front of the pyres which implies that the person who is looking into it is responsible for the pyres.<ref name="n18"/><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mathai|first=Kamini|date=2021-01-22|title=Climate change activist creates ‘death beds’ with single use plastic|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/climate-change-activist-creates-death-bed-with-single-use-plastic/articleshow/80248980.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-26|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Disposable product]]<br />
* [[Marine Cemetery]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{commonscat|Single Use Plastic Deathbeds}}<br />
[[Category:Plastics and the environment]]<br />
[[Category:2020 establishments in Uttarakhand]]<br />
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