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SWMCOL on mission to stop plastics pollution

SWMCOL on mission to stop plastics pollution Monday 15 March 2021 From left: SWMCOL recycling and recovery unit manager Terry-Anne Carter-La Fon, PET plant supervisor Sheldon Smith and CEO Kevin Thompson at the company s recycling warehouse in Sea Lots on Friday. - ROGER JACOB It has become a sad but familiar scene in Trinidad and Tobago to see plastic bottles clogging drains and floating in waterways. But for the TT Solid Waste Management Company, (SWMCOL) legislative changes and more citizens recycling can see many of these bottles removed from the environment and money going into people s pockets. CEO Kevin Thompson spoke on the plastic pollution situation in the country during an interview last week at SWMCOL s head office, Independence Square, Port-of-Spain on the occasion of World Consumer Rights Day on March 15 and the theme – Tackle Plastic Pollution.

Nurture Nature campaign bids to stop harmful wildlife trade

Nurture Nature campaign bids to stop harmful wildlife trade Sunday 14 March 2021 A promotional photo, by the Nurture Nature Campaign, urging people to not buy monkeys as pets. Photo by Nurture Nature Campaign - When you hear about the illegal wildlife trade, it is not uncommon that the first thing you think about is animals being transported illegally from one country to another. But for the organisers of the recently launched Nurture Nature campaign, they want people to look at the issue beyond the surface and understand it is much more complex. For this to happen, they’ll first like people to use the phrase “harmful wildlife trade” instead of “illegal wildlife trade.”

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