With additional strong assistance from international governments, Sabah hopes to lead globally in a plastic-neutral effort toward a healthier and more sustainable future
LAST Sunday’s Special Report entitled “A dead planet on World environment Day” was actually a deliberate cynical spin on a grandiose delusion that one species – the human race – towers over and dominate the rest of some 11.3 million different species of known life on Earth called biodiversity.
Earth sustains an incredible diversity of life that live and teem in the environment called ecosystems.
But the biggest paradox is, instead of a deep recognition and understanding that the other 11 million living species are actually the “lord” of their survival, the human race play power, play domination, play exceptionalism and are trampling the only planet of life to its steady decline
JUNE 5 is World Environment Day, first launched in 1974 by the United Nations. Forty-six years had past but has the environment got better?
Mark Holle, and I go straight to his point, said: “Any sober assessment of the trends over those decades must conclude not only has it failed but failed spectacularly!” Not that nobody was doing nothing
From left: Robert, Mayor, Clare and Chin at the MoU signing ceremony. KOTA KINABALU: Plastic waste in the city is expected to be reduced and recovered more effectively following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Kota Kinabalu City Hall and Blu Hope Ventures Sdn Bhd.
The MoU will see the company bringing the latest technology to convert waste plastic into synthetic oil, waxes and gases that can be reused in industries and the manufacturing sector.
Monica Chin, Blu Hope Sabah’s co-founder and community director, said this ground-breaking platform also includes the provision of waste disposal facilities in outlying areas such as islands and villages.
Published on: Sunday, March 14, 2021
By: Kan Yaw Chong
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Amy Dangin: Host
A DEFINING moment indeed – a spirited March 8 international webinar launch of Sabah Plastic Neutral hosted by radio announcer, Amy Dangin.
Blu Hope founder Simon Christopher articulated that moment best – a point which revealed the essential nature of the movement.
“This is all about change and value and value eclipses everything,” Simon summed it up.
“Plastic now has got value,” he underscored the underlying incentive to spur change.
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“When you look at plastic, it is basically oil wrapped up in a different configuration. What happens now is that in the last few years, we can now unlock that value!”