By This Wednesday, the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has announced a recycle-and-win campaign. The contest, in partnership with the Waste Management Corporation (WAMCO) encourages participants to gather PET bottles and hand them over to the company’s Male’ Transfer Station. The station is located in the Male’ Industrial zone and competitors can drop by their finds any time between 10am and 6pm on weekdays starting from 5 June. This Wednesday, the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has announced a recycle-and-win campaign. The contest, in partnership with the Waste Management Corporation (WAMCO) encourages participants to gather PET bottles and hand them over to the company’s Male’ Transfer Station. The station is located in the Male’ Industrial zone and competitors can drop by their finds any time between 10am and 6pm on weekdays starting from 5 June.
Under the banner of “Go Green, Recycle and Win”, the initiative sponsored by Universal Travel Services aims to mark World Environment Day (June 5) in conjunction with World Oceans Day (June 8). The winner of the contest has until 5 July and stands to win a return ticket to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
A year-long research conducted in collaboration with eXXpedition CIC and the Maldivian government as well as several academic institutions showed that single use plastic bottles were in the top ten most present in trash.
According to The Green Policy Platform, plastic waste comprises 12 percent of all waste in the Maldives which is staggering as this directly impacts oceans and ecosystems in a country that relies heavily on maintaining them in pristine condition.