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Friday 5 January 2018

Plastic Beach Party and Divi Resorts Started Recycling Plastic

we need to stop with the
consuming cycle of plastic
and process plastic in a re-
sponsible way. We need to
change our way and our
mindset versus plastic. It is
not something you can just
throw away.”

No Plastic Straws
It is not surprising that Divi
Resorts starts joining this re-
cycling initiative as a lead-
er of sustainable tourism.
The hotel chain already
invested in solar panels, re-
cycling of water, re-usable
cups, and no plastic straws
are used within the hotels.
For this the hotel already re-
ceived several certification
awards. Mr. St. Jago, Ener-
ORANJESTAD – With col- we will also use new tech- model the effort will not be damage to the environ- gy Manager: “Divi is proud
lecting and recycling plas- nologies like 3D printing”, sustainable. Christie, repre- ment as plastic ends up in to be the first hotel on the
tic for one of the largest Mettes informs. sentative of Plastic Beach the ocean and in the air. island to invest in recycling
hotel groups on the island, Party, mentions that Aruba This does not only harm the plastic. This is an important
the local organization Plas- 6000 Tons of Plastic imported more than 6000 mangrove bio-system and step for Aruba’s beaches
tic Beach Party officially The Divi is the first hotel tons of plastic in 2015 (UN reefs, but overall the quality and tourism industry. We
launched their services. group that decided to join Comtrade 2016), almost 50 of life and state of health in hope that many more ho-
During the testing phase the plastic recycling initia- percent of this was used in the island. “Plastic is one of tels will follow.”
108 kilos of plastic was col- tive. Plastic Beach Party the tourism industry on the the biggest problems of our For more information about
lected and recycled, com- hopes that more hotels will island. At this time, most of environment, especially this initiative, please visit
ing from two of the hotels of follow, as also families and the plastic ends up in Par- for the marine life, not only the website www.plastic-
Divi Resorts. The collected other companies. Every- kietenbos which is the gar- in Aruba but in the entire beachparty.com or email
plastic is processed and is body can join to collect bage dump of the island. world”, Christie explains. recycle@plasticbeach-
then reused for a variety and recycle plastic. The pri- There is no partition wall be- “Here we depend on the party.com. The project initi-
of new products. “The suc- ority goal of the company is tween the ocean and the tourism industry, our beach- ated from Brenchie’s Lab,
cess of this pilot creates the to protect the environment, dump and frequent fires es and our fishing sector. If located at the Academy
scenario that we will have but without a financial are registered. This causes we intend to maintain this, of Fine Arts & Design.q
more impact in the future
and thus collect more plas-
tic that will be transformed
into sustainable products”,
says Mettes, co-founder of
Plastic Beach Party.

Plastic Wall Tiles
Being a social entrepre-
neurship, Plastic Beach
Party has imported several
machines that cut the plas-
tic and produce the base
material for new plastic
products. The company
uses designs from internet.
“The products we have
chosen for the recycled
material are made in a way
that they are reducing the
‘throw-away-factor’. For
example re-usable cups,
re-usable bins and specific
products like trophies and
wall tiles. But as we create
all products from plastic,