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CIPP’s climate change and environmental awareness day
Laura Bate ACIPP, CIPP quality, environment, safety and health executive, gives an overview of how the company is raising awareness of climate change and the environment, also discussing how we can make a difference this World Ocean Day
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taking the lead by just one point. The takeaway from the activity was that it’s important to promote taking your time when throwing rubbish away, and you should always remember to check packets first to ensure you dispose of them correctly.
It was soon the afternoon and employees were invited to attend an online interactive quiz, answering climate change and sustainability questions. The turnout was amazing, and everyone had fun using their mobile phones to answer the questions in the quickest time to reach the leaderboard. To close the day, another round of ‘Recycle rally bingo’ took place. Employees also had the opportunity to play an online game called ‘Recycle roundup’, in which they could help Gus clean up their local park. For an entry to count they had to submit their highest score to the green team by close of business. Awareness emails were distributed to employees throughout the day to include the incorrectly recycled items from ‘Sort it out!’, which recycle symbols to look out for and all about the Great Pacific garbage patch. n We’re all in this together to make our planet a better place. Remember the three ‘Rs’ when you next throw something away. A quick checklist you can use is: ● do I really need to throw this away? No – reduce ● can this be used for something else? Yes – reuse ● can I recycle this? Yes – recycle. Useful links On 8 June, it’s World Ocean Day. See how you can make a difference by visiting https://ow.ly/x7jv50RsbXH. One of the CIPP’s nominated charities is the Marine Conservation Society. Check out what they do to help protect our sea life by visiting https://ow.ly/LnPi50RsbZF.
CIPP’s green team hosted its first climate change and
environmental awareness day in honour of Global Recycling Day. The day was filled with fun and engaging exercises to educate employees about the importance of recycling.
The green team quiz leaderboard
The ‘Sort it out’ winning team
Next on the agenda was ‘Recycle rally bingo’, which employees could participate in online. The bingo caller provided the participants with recycling facts each time they called out a square. Anticipation was built by using an online tool, and the bingo caller would ‘spin the wheel’ for a result.
The green team highlighted the key items which are regularly disposed of incorrectly in a game called ‘Sort it out’. Teams battled it out to correctly recycle the most items in the shortest time. The results were very close, with the winners Did you know? The Great Pacific garbage patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is three times the size of France. It’s a collection of marine debris which has ended up in our oceans, seas and other large bodies of water. The area of litter covers waters from the west coast of North America and Japan. When strong plastics are accumulated, they can transport over great distances and stay on the surface of the sea. When plastics enter the gyre, they don’t tend to leave the area until they have been broken down into microplastics, from waves, sun and marine life. These small microplastics are often mistaken by marine life as food which causes malnutrition. Types of plastics found include: l fishing lines, nets, ropes
l containers, i.e. bottles and cartons l foamed materials l plastic sheets l film. This has a detrimental effect on
our marine life causing entanglement, malnutrition and even death. It has been found that marine life’s diets are made up of 74% of ocean plastics. Due to marine life consuming a high level of plastic, it’s also entering the human food chain. Recycling correctly enables plastics to be manufactured into new products without using unnecessary energy. Plastics end up in our oceans by being disposed of incorrectly, from landfill or when they’re being transported to landfill. As some plastics are light, they’re often blown into our seas.
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