{"id":92502,"date":"2018-06-04T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T13:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d8a39bc43302f8e503e585152d0ac114"},"modified":"2018-06-04T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T13:37:33","slug":"news-story-world-environment-day-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92502","title":{"rendered":"News story: World Environment Day 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>As we move towards becoming a fully fledged environmental restoration company, World Environment Day gives us the opportunity to highlight the practical things we all can do to help.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of us watched the unflinching pictures of the impact plastic waste is having on the world\u2019s oceans in the BBC\u2019s \u2018Blue Planet II\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Sir David Attenborough and team highlighted the avoidable waste and single-use plastic in our seas that is damaging the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Calum Jack, graduate environmental advisor, Sellafield Ltd said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The sight of a sperm whale trying to eat a plastic bucket is a devastating one and made me take a look at what I can do to make changes and reduce my plastic use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Simple things I\u2019m doing are buying loose fruit and veg instead of packaged produce, using bars of soap and shampoo instead of those in plastic containers, putting my sandwiches in a Tupperware container instead of wrapping them in cling film, getting my milk delivered in reusable glass bottles as opposed to buying plastic bottles, no longer using disposable razors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And the call is for us all to consider our impact on the environment for this year\u2019s <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/worldenvironmentday.global\/\">World Environment Day (5 June)<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldoceansday.org\/\">World Ocean Day (8 June)<\/a> as the theme for 2018 is beating plastic pollution.<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 10,000 employees working directly for Sellafield, thousands more as contractors and in our supply chain. Just each of us making a small difference could have a huge impact.<\/p>\n<p>We have become over reliant on single-use or disposable plastic with severe environmental consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>around the world 1 million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute<\/li>\n<li>500 billion disposable plastic bags are used worldwide every year<\/li>\n<li>50% of the plastic we use is single use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>World Oceans Day aims for us to work together to protect and conserve our shared oceans. The theme of plastic pollution continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>every year up to 13 million tons of plastic leak into our oceans<\/li>\n<li>the plastic that ends up in the oceans can circle the Earth four times in a single year and it can persist for up to 1,000 years before it fully disintegrates<\/li>\n<li>plastic also makes its way into our water supply and thus into our bodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The challenge is on for us all to do something to help take care of the environment. It can be at a local, national or global level; and be a team effort or solo contribution.<\/p>\n<p>What can you do?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>reduce your use of single-use plastics: Refuse any single-use plastics that you don\u2019t need such as bags, straws, cutlery, and cups. Instead take with you reusable versions of those products when possible.<\/li>\n<li>recycle: Use the recycling bins provided at work and the council provided recycling boxes to segregate and recycle waste at home<\/li>\n<li>participate: Consider helping with  organised litter picks or beach clean ups<\/li>\n<li>spread the word: Stay informed on environment issues and challenge others to be a part of the solution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how we are encouraging our employees to play their part in protecting the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}