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SOURCE / COMPANIES By Global Times Published: Mar 16, 2021 11:45 PM
A customer uses a facial recognition payment equipment dubbed Dragonfly at a bakery shop in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 27, 2018.File photo:Xinhua
Wandianzhang, a facial recognition camera supplier to the Chinese unit of US kitchen and bathroom products maker, Kohler, has set up a special working group to urgently conduct an internal investigation. The move comes after the state broadcaster denounced the widely installed face-capturing cameras at China’s annual Consumer Rights Day TV show late Monday.
With the evening gala drawing attention to privacy and security threats regarding the increasingly prevalent use of facial recognition, industry observers are calling for a ramped-up legislative push to hold technology suppliers and users accountable for biometric data breaches.
Simple changes in supermarket packaging are helping save thousands of tonnes of plastic from landfill.
Today is World Consumer Rights Day, and it has the theme of tackling plastic pollution. To mark the occasion, we can reveal six ways supermarkets have changed their packaging to reduce plastic.
Which? research over the past few years has revealed the extent to which many supermarkets could (and should) do better on plastic packaging, with nearly 50% of packaging not being easily recyclable.
While there’s still an awful lot more to be done, we’ve rounded up our favourite examples of positive changes supermarkets have made over the past year or so to tackle plastic pollution.
Islamabad
March 15, 2021
Islamabad: On the eve of World Consumer Rights Day, TheNetwork for Consumer Protection has demanded of the federal and provincial government to phase out plastic from the lives of consumers in order to save the planet.
This World Consumer Rights Day falling today (March 15, 2021), consumer organizations around the world are calling for global change to tackle plastic pollution. The 2021 World Consumer Rights Day campaign’s theme is 7Rs: Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair and Replace. Consumers everywhere are taking action now on every one of the 7Rs and demanding that government and business should support them to do more.
World Consumer Rights Day 2021 Theme Is Tackling Plastic Pollution Mar 15, 2021, 13:19 IST
World Consumer Rights Day 2021:The World Consumer Rights Day is observed every year on March 15 to raise awareness about a consumer s rights. The World Consumer Rights Day theme this year 2021 is to Tackle Plastic Pollution . The Department of Consumer Affairs campaign is Jago Grahak Jago means wake up consumer, be aware to create consumer awareness through adverts, audio-visual campaigns and consumer education.
This year the theme of National Consumer Rights Day is Tackling Plastic Pollution . The aim is to promote sustainable practises for clean surroundings and respecting rights of consumers.