In accordance with the MoU signed between the adopted Kumbalangi village and the Dept. of Chemistry, a plastic awareness campaign was done at Kumbalangy by the students of the department along with the faculty coordinators. Grievances revealed during the household survey were scarcity of water, waste disposal problem, bunged drainage system due to plastic pollutants etc. So the department decided to take an awareness campaign on the proper usage and disposal of plastics.