{"id":983,"date":"2020-02-24T15:37:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/?p=983"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:32:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:32:15","slug":"closing-the-circle-a-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/index.php\/2020\/02\/24\/closing-the-circle-a-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing the Circle &#8211; a workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"983\" class=\"elementor elementor-983\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-265d2e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"265d2e4\" 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-489cb72\" data-id=\"489cb72\" 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-3ca400a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ca400a\" 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>On 24th February, the MedBlue Project and &#8216;Keep our Sand and Sea Plastic Free&#8217; co-organised an event to bring the tourism sector together in the name of cutting pointless plastic.\u00a0<\/p><h2>Opportunities and Challenges in the Tourism Industry<\/h2><p>Held at the Paralimni Municipality Hall, the Mayor of Paralimni and a representative from the Environment Department welcomed guests to the event.<\/p><p>The presentations showcased<b> projects and good practice from around the Mediterranean,<\/b> demonstrating how to <b>reduce plastic use<\/b> in the touristic sector.<\/p><p>This was followed by a products exhibition, helping show off some alternatives to plastic.<\/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-123df53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"123df53\" 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=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200224_104151-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-985\" alt=\"Medblue event\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200224_104151-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200224_104151-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200224_104151-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200224_104151-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200224_104151-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sandseaplasticfree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200224_104151-720x540.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-f560173 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f560173\" 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>The local workshop was held as part of the implementation of the European project \u201cInterreg Med BlueIslands\u201d in which the Lead Partner is the Department of the Environment. 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