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The Hilton Aruba Makes a Positive Environmental Impact

land’s southeast coast in an
area called Rincon beach,
an area that collects drift-
wood among other wastes,
including microplastics. The
team collected over 20
garbage bags filled with
waste, making the beach
much cleaner than before.
Travel with Purpose is Hil-
ton's Environmental, Social
and Governance (ESG)
strategy to drive responsi-
ble travel and tourism glob-
ally. Through Travel with Pur-
Palm Beach. – The Hilton change, reducing waste on pose, Hilton seeks to create cluding Hilton Aruba Team
Aruba Caribbean Resort & Aruba. a positive environmental Members and De Palm The Blue Energy committee
Casino is committed to sus- and social impact across Tours personnel, Hospitality would like to thank all vol-
tainabile practices, active- As part of Hilton’s annual operations, supply chains, & Tourism students from the unteers for their time, effort
ly contributing to reducing volunteer week “Travel with and communities. University of Aruba, faculty & support towards this ini-
its consumption of natural purpose,” the Blue Energy members, and exchange tiative to help maintain our
resources as well as tak- Committee participated in The beach cleanup in- students from Belgium and One Happy Island’s beach-
ing action towards climate a beach cleanup on the is- cluded a group of 30, in- Germany. es clean! q

Another Treasure of Aruba’s Beaches: Sea Glass!

NOORD - It is hard to imag- were created by the pound- glass that was created is parts were discarded on bottles.
ine this happening today, ing surf. These smoothened, the product of a very long the beach. The waves and
but years ago people colored glass particles then and interesting process. It weather conditions wore If you like to see the sea
dumped all kinds of refuse settled along the sea shore can take anywhere from down the overwhelming glass for yourself, and be
straight into the ocean, in- in millions, and that is why 10 to 30 years to make sea amount of garbage in the in awe of the power of na-
cluding old cars, and their you can find these beauti- glass. The name for any water, creating millions of ture, rent a car or jeep and
household garbage, which ful and colorful pieces on piece of glass that finds its beautiful smooth rocks. go explore our deserted
of course included lots of the north shore beaches of way to the ocean and tum- beaches on the north side
glass. Over the next 30 Aruba. bles around in the water It’s hard to believe the of the island. Make it a fun
years the pounding waves long enough is “Sea glass. short-sighted mistakes we family day!
cleaned the beach, by Especially on the strip on were making that could Even if we didn’t mean to
breaking down everything white sand between the fa- The colorful pieces of glass have potentially ruined pollute the Beaches how
but glass and pottery. The mous Natural Bridge” and are being used for decora- these beautiful beaches. we did, it is inspiring to see
pounding waves washed the huge red anchor close tion, handcrafts and jew- But thanks to natural pro- just how the earth can cor-
the trash up and down, to “Grapefield” beach you elry! cesses, the ocean trans- rect our mistakes.
back and forth. Tons of pol- will be able to find your own Once glass makes its way formed the trash into the
ished, broken glass pieces pieces of sea glass. The sea into the ocean, the glass is sea glass. Funny, how trash can
broken up into shards and is Each colored gem on the change into treasures!
tumbled around in the wa- beach has its own story.
ter, where sand and other Everybody knows that you
rocks act like sandpaper to The ruby red glass stones are not allowed to take
smooth out its rough edges. are typically from old car local shells home, but the
Sometimes as the sea glass tail-lights. people working at the air-
is passed through fire, it be- port have no problem you
comes fire glass, the rarest Then, the sapphire rocks taking sea glass home. A
of sea glass with certain are the remnants of bro- few of those pieces make
inclusions, just like precious ken apothecary bottles. great souvenirs. You can
gems. The most common and place them in a wine glass
the easiest to find are the or large bottle for decora-
For years, the water beat brown (Amstel & Polar tion and every time you
against the different kinds beer), green (Heineken look at it a smile will light up
of trash being dumped. & Balashi beer) and clear your face thinking back of
Glass, household appli- glass which are the soft your unforgettable Aruba
ances and even motor much loved “soft drink” vacation! q