Times of Eswatini

A good gesture for environmen­t - recycle

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ow can we b”eathe ‰”een when wa”eouan”edculsuǫtt­eu”e”dwwo”itldh iwsaisntde­eaeldl ‰nineteahdw­e”aanwstiien­thtce”’”i”s‰iie˜snǤaete”aeatntihod­en’”aeulǡfbotl”oiecǦ ’aas”utnstea”isnhai’bǡlea’e’n”˜oia”cohntoecn”teafote” futu”e ‰ene”ationsǤ ”ic labbe”tǡ

I FNearly half of all plastic ever manufactur­ed has been made since 2000. From all the plastic ever made, only nine per cent has been recycled, 12 per centincine­rated, and 79 per cent will be accumulate­d in landfills or the natural environmen­t.

Most packaging plastics end up as waste on the same year it is produced.

atalioncl›al”eac›incl‰ina‰dcioffe”’eannc›eǤis ”coe”Ǧ ◗ It is estimated that one to five trillion

othfew›bahseta‰e˜iǤenn”einc‰›colefdʹͲʹʹ͹ʹͲͲtoͲdͲaͲ­te‰ǡ

he waste ”ec›clin‰ ca’ai‰n

HERE ARE 7 ALARMING WASTE FACTS TO CONSIDER:

plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Five trillion is almost 10 million plastic bags per minute. If tied together, all these plastic bags could be wrapped around the world seven times every hour.

By 2050, the oceans could have more plastic than fish.

◗ “We are the last generation that can

prevent irreparabl­e damage to our

in”i’ca”ltanbeb”es”hti’a‰wenitchies­oǡ caswoaltai­Ǧǡ

planet,” said UN General Assembly

nei› snt˜ai”eohnoldeen”ts isutdheos”i‰itn›edantdo wenacsoteu”’a”‰ee˜esnet’iao”naǡt”ieounsoefa­wndas”teǦǡ

a”e w”a’’in‰ u’ the an othe” intaen”odenstathi”neo‰fabbio”odunsthȋtǤ­on›sotan”iȌt ben” isiscwalal­etidǡ thweetioǤ nth of o˜eǦ anoctchoe””dnina‰teofoa”œebs”a aȋlildǡ ˜thuibsaiȌs­Ǥ

he onth was naed lweti sbeecanu‰sie˜œienb‰”basi”at”he a’t”etdhoistiinaentol›f ›oef af”oǤ ‰hthoe’”’ses”aǤ ›hlwuseǡtti­hise aso’netchieis coaflliend­selwctesti­tbheactafu­esaesot fotnhes’in”filnu‰x slbeteaal˜i”e˜tsehǤ salthwiale­ltltiohwees‰aewnsoet”haele’noo’to”unlsainec‰ee dwahwen Ǥtheh›abteǯs‰i›nowu”o”taineǡthwehe›a”dlo› ˜›oeu tbhei”nǫ tehnedoent›hoius”cfaeleledd­bacoǦ at

zinhle@times.co.sz

W EPresident María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, stressing that 11 years are all that remain to avert catastroph­e. More than 3.5 billion people do not have access to the most elementary waste management services. If the growth in plastic production continues at the current rate, by 2050 the plastic industry may account for 20 per cent of the world’s total oil consumptio­n.

nc›itc›linan‰dbeshua””˜oiouun”diin‰thae”ecaosǤ hueǦ

˜caent’ua”ie‰nei”si’esa”wt hoifcth ewil”lesene thdeǦ ͺcoǤͷun”iet›en’a”atal ion”‰ʹiͳneith‰e””eean

◗ ”uanllsf”toob”ehaethatableisnt‰o˜ieawntsean­n‰da binaclutdoedhteh­e abnleics›Ǥ cle hca˜t e‰aols”o› wtaoiuthethe’laitf”e”tiǤcawnaet­uihn”oiicd’›ec”lstisowtsa­htaots”wtahicletl

”een se”ies continuesǤ toobiunitl­dheawclaes­atnee””e˜oslwuatito­iniǣtodea’›Ǧ a”nadteb›”oinu‰” ’itlaasltoi­cnb‰oattleths eat h”oeene ͷǡdʹ˜Ͳeʹnʹtua”te shee”ieasbolens­ǡ oœ˜uelwibneiǤ” ˜enot’ua””etiscei’”aietes i’nlethasee s”ceaen thdeǦ a˜ailable ”e‰ist”ation codeǤ Register and pay before Friday November 4, qualify for the green T-shirt. Registrati­on is also open on the day. For more info, please call 76438924 or email: scrammbled­legs1@gmail. com

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 ?? (Courtesy pic) ?? This Incredible view awaits us on Saturday November 5, 2022 for the second series of the Green adventure. Mantenga falls is the largest waterfall by volume in Eswatini. Let’s preserve this national heritage from waste pollution.
(Courtesy pic) This Incredible view awaits us on Saturday November 5, 2022 for the second series of the Green adventure. Mantenga falls is the largest waterfall by volume in Eswatini. Let’s preserve this national heritage from waste pollution.
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A zebra with its calf.
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