Before Diwali, pollution has started showing its effect. AQI has reached a dangerous level in Delhi-NCR, due to which Grap-2 has been implemented from today. In view of the situation, burning of firecrackers has been banned in Delhi-NCR. At the same time, all cities have been allowed to burn firecrackers for a certain time or only green firecrackers are allowed. The reason for this is that on the occasion of Diwali, when firecrackers are burnt across the country, it causes huge amount of pollution. In such a situation, the demand for green firecrackers has increased among the people. Let’s know what are green crackers, how different are these normal firecrackers? How to identify real green firecrackers?
What are green crackers and how different are from normal firecrackers?
Normal firecrackers contain gunpowder and other flammable chemicals that burst on burning and cause huge amounts of pollution. While green crackers are environmentally friendly. It was discovered by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-Neeri) with the aim of controlling pollution. Green crackers look similar to normal firecrackers. Just small in size and makes less noise. After bursting green firecrackers, the surrounding dust absorbs while synthetic crackers are exactly opposite it.
Does green firecrackers not cause pollution?
It is not that there is no pollution from green firecrackers. They also cause pollution, but they cause much less pollution than common firecrackers. Dust repellent is added to make green crackers, which reduces pollution in the air. It contains very little or not at all harmful chemicals such as aluminum, potassium nitrate and carbon. Green firecrackers cause noise pollution from maximum 110 to 125 decibels, while normal firecrackers cause noise pollution up to 160 decibels.