Wunderman Thompson India along with The Times of India raises an alarm to beat plastic pollution with #UnplasticIndia

Wunderman Thompson India in its latest campaign #UnPlasticIndia for The Times of India, aims to bring alive the truth of plastic pollution and its impact on marine animals in the Indian Ocean.

The images were unleashed in a 360-degree campaign on World Environment Day, June 5, by The Times of India and continues to ‘raise an alarm’ every day for the next 21 days to raise awareness among Indians about the imperative need to refrain from using single use plastic and join the movement for a plastic free India.

The national campaign, which was launched on World Environment Day, is action-driven and has activated plastic waste collection centres in coastal areas to ensure immediate action to reach every Indian out there, urging them to take the pledge to eliminate single use plastic.

Over 30 million tons of plastic have been dumped in the oceans till now, contaminating and killing millions of marine creatures. This and similar plastic pollution on land is damaging one’s health. In fact, India’s plastic waste generation doubled from 15.9 lakh tons in 2015-16 to 34.7 lakh tons in 2019-20. Of this plastic waste, 50% remains unutilised.

Given the adverse impact on the environment, marine life and critically, on human health, this is a recipe for disaster. Editorial research reveals that plastic alone is responsible for taking the lives of an estimated 100,000 marine animals each year. A major contributor to this is the thousands of plastic bottles that people keep buying and carelessly discarding each day, that not only trap, choke and kill marine animals but contaminate the environment and harming the eco system for several years to come in the form of micro plastic waste.

Kaustuv Chatterjee, Brand Director – TOI and Languages, said, “The UN’s focus this year is on plastic pollution and the alarming growth rate of plastic consumption required the largest daily in India to take up this conversation on priority. Reports now show the presence of plastic in our bloodstreams and is being found in babies and breastmilk. We launched TOI #UnplasticIndia on World Environment Day, a 21-day nation-wide campaign that urges citizens to sign a petition to stop using single-use plastic. Using the power of educative print editorials supported by thought provoking advertising, our campaign aims to minimise the lakhs of tonnes of plastic entering our lives and our surroundings. Informative short videos on how to replace single use plastic to gigantic beach installations made from plastic collected from the beach, our endeavour is to urge readers to adopt plastic free choices, every day. It is believed that anything done consistently for 21 days can alter habits for life.”

Senthil Kumar, Chief Creative Officer, Wunderman Thompson India, added, “The #unplasticindia campaign unleashes three powerful visuals that simulate the opening of a plastic bottle with human hands but reveal how the very act mercilessly kills marine creatures by suffocating them. The mind-blowing, heart-wrenching, soul-stirring, visual language for the #UnplasticIndia Campaign brings alive the deadly truth of plastic pollution and its impact on marine animals in the Indian Ocean. These images elevate the sheer power of human imagination and are designed to stay with you long after you see them and raise the alarm in your mind, every time you open a plastic bottle. Stay alarmed.”

Readers can the pledge to eliminate single use plastic now and make it a habit for life at www.unplasticindia.com

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Credits:

Creative Agency: Wunderman Thompson

Global CCO: Bas Korsten and Daniel Bonner

APAC Regional CCO: Sheung Yan Lo

Chief Creative Officer - Senthil Kumar

VP and Executive Creative Director – Arjun Mukherjee

Senior Creative Director – Diptanshu Roy

Creative Director – Sourish Mitra

Senior Art Director – Purnojyoti Kundu

Copywriter – Arjun Mukherjee

Creative Supervisor – Aneek Ray

Digital Copywriter – Dyuti Banerjee

Brand Executive Creative Director – Siddharth Prasad

Executive Business Director - Bhavana Dogra

Client Services Director - Amrita Hazari

Illustrator – Illusion CGI Studio

Photographer – Illusion CGI Studio

Production Company – Illusion CGI Studio

Client- THE TIMES OF INDIA

Brand Team

Kaustuv Chatterjee – Brand Director – TOI and Languages

Badal Rag – Vice-President – TOI, North and East

Debadyuti Karan – General Manager – TOI, East and Special Projects

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