Did you know June is Workplace Giving Month? Do you even know what this is? Workplace Giving is a joint relationship between employers, employees and charities. Individuals contribute a small portion of their pre-tax salary to charity and receive the tax benefit straight away rather than waiting until the end […]
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Make A Change This World Environment Day June 5th 2018
Our planet is drowning in plastic pollution! While plastic has many important uses, we have become addicted to single-use or disposable plastic — with severe environmental consequences. Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while up to 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used worldwide […]
Read MoreUpdates From the Collaboration Centre March 2018
We recently had a community beach clean and outdoor cinema event. Below is a pie chart of the beach waste we picked up from the clean. Of this plastic waste, we are able to recycle the plastic bottles, plastic cups and plastic lids, which equates to around 40%. The rest is sadly burnt. Chance […]
Read MoreAdidas Sold 1 Million Shoes Made of Ocean Plastic Last Year
Apparently people want products that are good for the environment — that’s the takeaway from the Adidas ocean plastic product line. The clothing brand sold 1 million of its UltraBoost running shoes made from plastic recovered from the oceans last year, selling out of its product line and potentially setting […]
Read MoreTaiwan Announces Ban on All Plastic Bags, Straws, and Utensils
All single-use plastic must be phased out by 2030. Ordering take-out, picking up groceries, buying a soft drink — these are all activities that will change over the next decade in Taiwan when the island nation imposes a blanket ban on single-use plastic bags, straws, and cups, according to the […]
Read MoreBreakdown Of Plastic Waste From Our Community Beach Clean
We recently had a community beach clean and outdoor cinema event. Below is a pie chart of the beach waste we picked up from the clean. Of this plastic waste, we are able to recycle the plastic bottles, plastic cups and plastic lids, which equates to around 40%. The rest […]
Read MoreThe Plastic Straw And How It Is Killing Our Oceans
Here’s a cold hard fact… Every single plastic straw you have ever used in your life is still on this planet now! Plastic is not biodegradable. That straw you had in your cocktail, the ones you gave out at parties, weddings, events – that straw – it’s still here somewhere. […]
Read MoreChanging Mindset Proving To Be The Greatest Challenge
It has been a busy few weeks for our Environmental Programme. Awera Resort have continued their support with our programmes. It was good to sit down more informally with their staff and chat about some of the environmental issues that the Mentawai Islands faces. Aimar and Mikael, the owners, say […]
Read MoreChance Encounter Results In A Meeting With Mentawai Bupati
After a recent beach clean, we got chatting to a couple of Mums waiting for their children to finish their English classes. One of the Mums said she could help us as she is related to many of the Heads of the government. Since then she has helped us to […]
Read MoreWe’ve Collected And Recycled Over 300kg of Plastic in 3 Months!
For the three months since we started keeping records at our recycling collection point, we have compiled, cleaned and sorted over 300kg of plastic. This has all been sent back to the mainland for recycling. The chart below shows the breakdown of what we have sent back:
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