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Free Green Glass from AladinMall? Let’s find out how

JAKARTA, iNews.id – The environmental conservation movement has become increasingly urgent to be implemented recently, due to the increasingly apparent effects of global warming, such as climate change, the emergence of epidemics, and the extinction of certain flora and fauna.

Environmental preservation is also still an important agenda for Indonesia. The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment said there were more than half a million tons plastic waste littering the sea in 2020.

Real movements in environmental preservation have sprung up in various regions. Even this movement began to develop into a lifestyle. Managing trash, planting trees or reducing the use of plastic bags are examples of movements that have become increasingly popular these days.

Many supermarkets and restaurants have banned the use of plastic bags and replace them with cloth bags that can be used repeatedly. Not only plastic bags, disposable plastic straws are also replaced with stainless straws or bamboo straws that can be washed and used repeatedly.

This change in habits requires support from many parties, from the government, businessmen, and of course the people themselves.

Several big brands such as Nike, Converse, and Adidas also create products made from materials environmentally friendly. Converse, which is under the Nike brand, uses recycled cotton and polyester to shorten the production process and reduce factory waste. Adidas issued a shoe made from plastic waste in the ocean with a sole made of recycled polyester fishing nets.

The habit of thrifting or buying used clothes which is increasingly popular in Indonesia can also be a way to protect the environment. According to Sustain Your Style, a non-profit organization from Berlin that is engaged in sustainable fashion innovation, the decline in clothing prices in the last 20 years has led more people to buy more clothes than their grandparents’ generation. As a result, factories produced more clothes and fashion waste also increased. It is recorded that there are 190,000 tons of microplastic fibers from textiles that are dumped into the sea every year.

Then, what can be done to break this damage? Don’t just buy eco-friendly and thrifting shoes. You can also protect the environment in simple ways such as using a glass. For those of you who have brought your own drinking container while traveling, congratulations. You have played a role in protecting the environment.

Now, what if the drinking container you brought was also made from environmentally friendly materials? Besides being able to be used repeatedly, the container will later decompose without having to wait hundreds of years. Of course, this step will help better environmental preservation.

Editor: Vien Dimyati

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