{"id":28792,"date":"2023-06-15T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riu.com\/blog\/?p=28792"},"modified":"2023-06-15T15:45:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:45:16","slug":"world-environment-day-with-riu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riu.com\/blog\/en\/world-environment-day-with-riu\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how RIU celebrates World Environment Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we want to dedicate a special space to one of the major commitments of our Corporate Social Responsibility: the environment. As you already know, World Environment Day is celebrated every June 5th. This is an important date for many people throughout the world, who are happy to see how our society is advancing, little by little and hand in hand, towards a better future and greater awareness of environmental protection.<\/p>\n

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Why do we celebrate World Environment Day?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The aim is to promote global awareness of the actions we can take to care for and improve the environment. For this year, the United Nations has chosen the slogan “Beat Plastic Pollution”, focusing on reducing and mitigating plastic pollution through this campaign.<\/p>\n

At RIU Hotels & Resorts<\/a> we could not do any less, and we have supported this theme through several fun initiatives carried out in our hotels to mark this day which is so important for all of us. Would you like to find out about them? We will tell you everything!<\/p>\n

What can we do to look after the environment?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Beach cleaning and plastic collection<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Taking care of natural sites in a responsible and respectful manner is one of the cornerstones of environmental awareness work. That is why a number of RIU hotels have organised beach clean-ups in their areas.<\/p>\n

In Mexico, the entertainment teams and several guests at the Riu Playacar<\/a>,Riu Dunamar<\/a> and Riu Palace Mexico<\/a> joined forces to collect rubbish and clean up the beaches to raise awareness of environmental protection. Other destinations in the Americas also joined in with this initiative. The Riu Guanacaste<\/a> , in Costa Rica, created t-shirts to celebrate this day and awarded a prize to the three guests who collected the most waste during the beach clean-up. At the Riu Palace Aruba our hotel colleagues carried out similar initiatives.<\/p>\n

In Asia, the Riu Sri Lanka<\/a>, and in Africa, the Riu Palace Zanzibar<\/a>, also helped remove the waste from their beautiful natural landscapes.<\/p>\n

And city destinations took part in the important work of picking up plastics, too. For example, the Riu Plaza Guadalajara<\/a> invited people to bring any recyclable bottles they had at home. They used this waste to make T-shirts, each one created from 22 bottles, encouraging the habit of separating rubbish at home. In total, 34 kilos of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) containers were collected and recycled.<\/p>\n

Other hotels like the Riu Palace Baja California<\/a> , the Riu Reggae<\/a> and the Riu Palace Pacifico<\/a> organised a campaign to collect plastic bottles.<\/p>\n

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