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LOCAL Thursday 8 June 2023

World Environment Day 2023

ORANJESTAD – On June 5 governments and com- community must be more
th
, we celebrated World En- merce take steps to com- proactive and change its
vironment Day annually bat plastic pollution. consumption habits to be
to encourage worldwide more environment-friendly.
awareness and action to In 2016, Aruba introduced Demand for eco-friendly
protect our environment. a law that prohibits the products will encourage
use of plastic bags, and in commerce to adapt their
The resolution to designate 2019 it introduced a law products y be more inno-
June 5 as World Environ- on Environmentally harm- vative.
ment Day, was adopted ful products, prohibiting,
during the 1972 United Na- among others, the import, Most products have plas-
tions Conference on the distribution, and use of sin- tic components, common
Human Environment. World gle-use plastic products, and cheap to produce,
Environment Day 2023 like forks, plates, and cups. flexible and easy to trans-
theme is the campaign It includes an amendment port, and derived from fossil and well-being, and world- plastic products;
#BeatPlasticPollution, ‘Eco- to the General Police Or- fuel, one of the primary pol- wide economy. It is the ask your restaurant, su-
system Restoration.’ dinance (Algemene Politie lution causes. reason we must change permarket, and importer
Ivory Coast in partnership Verordening), that prohib- from a linear to a circular to change to sustainable
with the Netherlands, host- its releasing balloons in the If we do not take action economy that is more sus- products;
ed The World Environment open air. now to curb plastic produc- tainable and healthy. demand responsible waste
Day 2023 celebrations with tion, in 2060, the amount of management;
as theme ‘Beat Plastic Pol- The responsibility for the plastic in the circular will What can we do today to encourage and sup-
lution’. environment is not only triple. Plastic pollution hurts combat plastic pollution? port circular economy
Because of human actions, a government task. Our our ecosystem, life, health Choose reusable and non- policymakers.q

Aruba to me

ORANJESTAD — You are back and Complete the sentence: Aruba to
we would like to portrait you! By me is ……. Send your picture with
inviting you to send us your favor- that text (including your name and
ite vacation picture while enjoying where you are from) to: news@aru-
our Happy Island. batoday.com and we will publish
your vacation memory. Isn’t that
a special way to keep your best
moments alive? Please do note: By
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ribbean Speed Printers and any of
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Last but not least: check out our McIntosh from Marlton, New Jersey ing the Caves in Arikok National
website, Instagram and Facebook and Nancy Kukulinsky Bascom. Park with Nila and John Crouch
page! Thank you for supporting our and Nancy and George Bascom
free newspaper, we strive to make Michael McIntosh wrote to us say- of Kentucky.
you a happy reader every day ing; “Aruba to me is the pot of gold
again. at the end of the rainbow.” Thank you for sending us this won-
derful message sharing what Aru-
For today we received a lovely Nancy Kukulinsky Bascom wrote to ba means to you with us and our
message from our visitors Michael us saying; “Aruba means to us tour- readers!q