{"id":869,"date":"2019-11-21T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/?p=869"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:32:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:32:15","slug":"join-us-at-the-thalassa-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/join-us-at-the-thalassa-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 dignitaries attend project launch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"869\" class=\"elementor elementor-869\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30a70c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30a70c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a255b99\" data-id=\"a255b99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a47c28f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a47c28f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 20px; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #143486; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important;\">Yesterday\u2019s event, held at Ayia Napa\u2019s Thalassa museum and moderated by CyBC\u2019s environmental journalist Theodoulos Koullapi, brought together over 100 dignitaries from national government, municipalities, hotels, other tourism businesses and community organisations to galvanise support for action.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc58d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc58d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Group-shot-informal-768x513.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-924\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Group-shot-informal-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Group-shot-informal-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Group-shot-informal-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Group-shot-informal-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Group-shot-informal-2048x1369.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Group-shot-informal-720x481.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a910ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a910ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In fact, the project has already inspired activities, such as beach cleans by the Scuba Diving Support Center and Project Aware. The litter collected from those clean-ups was then used to fill a whale sculpture, crafted by students from Paralimni Lyceum, which was on display at the launch event.<\/p><p>For tourism businesses there was also an exhibition of suppliers offering alternatives to plastic \u2013 such as bottles, bags and straws made from corn starch which is 100% compostable.<\/p><p>Over the next two years, the project will focus its activities within the municipalities of Ayia Napa, Paralimni, Sotira and Deryneia, and the villages of the Famagusta area with the aim of inspiring the whole island \u2013 and other nations \u2013 to quit single-use plastics and take actions to address the global \u201cplastic emergency\u201d.<\/p><p>It is estimated that 8 million metric tons of plastic leaks out of the global economy and into the oceans each year and, if nothing is done, by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish. The Mediterranean Sea has some of the highest levels of plastic pollution, which increases by 40% in the summer high season.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d41b31f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d41b31f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Deputy-Minister-Speaking-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-922\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Deputy-Minister-Speaking-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Deputy-Minister-Speaking-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Deputy-Minister-Speaking-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Deputy-Minister-Speaking-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Deputy-Minister-Speaking-2048x1369.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Deputy-Minister-Speaking-720x481.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e95f54a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e95f54a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Why should I get involved?<\/span><\/h2><p>There are so many reasons to involve your hotel, bar, restaurant or other tourism business in this initiative.<\/p><ul><li>Protect the beautiful coastal environment<\/li><li>Get ahead of upcoming EU regulation<\/li><li>Save money<\/li><li>Meet customer expectations<\/li><li>Raise your profile<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>The goal is to move resorts in the Famagusta areas towards becoming plastic-free, cutting\u00a0 out unnecessary single-use items to protect the environment.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dab2b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8dab2b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/signup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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