The Millenium Development Goals, agreed to by every member country of the United Nations in 2000, call for the worldwide eradication of poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality and huge improvements in health by 2015: two years ago!!
Can we do this without making the planet warmer?
Let's think big and imagine how we can confront the climate crisis in a way that is realistic about the other major problems that we face as a planet and as a species on it.
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Hotel, Glass Bottler
During my last stay in London, I saw a fantastic idea to contribute to the waste reduction.
The hotel where I was staying, provided daily a complementary bottle of water.
Instead of using every time a new plastic bottle, they re-used a glass bottle, and filled it with normal water.
This way, they were able to not only reduce the usage of plastic, but also eliminate the transport with all it connected negative effects.
In addition, they also added a fee of 5 £ in case the bottle would disappear.
They took this decision to make sure that nobody would take the bottle and throw it away in a non-friendly environment way.
That is really Eco friendly of the hotel. It really helps reduce the use of plastic bottles. Also is saves money for the company since they don't have to spend money buying plastic water bottles.
This was a really good decision of the hotel because they are not only making less pollution and garbage but also saving money at the same time. I think every hotel should do this because this would be better for the environment and also better for the hotels. If more hotels start doing this it would most likely reduce the plastic that makes its way to ecosystems and it will reduce the amount of garbage that's in animals habitats.
This is great because they are not wasting plastic and throwing it away. Who wouldn't want to use a nice glass bottle, and the environment will surely appreciate it. Just spending a little extra time washing these will make a big impact on the environment. I think more hotels and places should do this instead of handing out or selling plastic water bottles.