{"id":7379,"date":"2019-10-17T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/retal-team-cleans-up-with-wfo-in-cyprus\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:39:07","slug":"retal-team-cleans-up-with-wfo-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/retal-team-cleans-up-with-wfo-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"RETAL Team Cleans Up with WFO in Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first of RETAL\u2019s clean up events took place in Cyprus on October 12th, with over 30 volunteers removing plastic waste from the coastline to be repurposed into meaningful products.
\n Joining forces with international Waste Free Oceans<\/a>, RETAL employees and their families collected discarded plastic waste from the Lady\u2019s mile area coast in Limassol, highlighting the role of plastic packaging companies in the fight against plastic pollution.<\/p>\n

The group of volunteers was bolstered by 13 members of the RETAL-sponsored Apollon Ladies\u2019 Football Club, including vice president George Ollandos, who were delighted to join together with RETAL and WFO to show how a strong team spirit helps make challenging situations far more positive.<\/p>\n

RETAL\u2019s clean-up event combined with the annual Environment & Recycling Festival in the Molos area of Limassol, with the strapline \u2018Build Good Habits\u2019 aiming to raise public awareness. Here, RETAL\u2019s stand offered \u2018Raising Awareness\u2019 brochures, with many local people visiting the stand to discuss recycling, circular economy and future of positive plastic. Hagai Golan, RETAL Cyprus General Manager, says, \u201cThis was a true team event; bringing together RETAL people, WFO and the Apollon Ladies F.C. made for an impressive group that showed how positive action can create a ripple effect. The festival was also an excellent opportunity to show our local community what RETAL is doing to mitigate our environmental impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Duffaut, RETAL\u2019s sustainability director, says, \u201cWe are determined to be active and responsible in our role in the circular economy. By partnering with Waste Free Oceans, we are able to see how collecting visible plastic waste from our coastlines helps to promote a positive second life for plastic packaging and to realise the value that PET creates.\u201d<\/p>\n

RETAL is an active member of Waste Free Oceans, which targets converters, governments, companies, and the public, to mobilise them into recovering, recycling and reusing plastic. With over 75 members, including leading global manufacturers and household brands, Brussels-based WFO promises to \u2018clean up our waters and use what\u2019s in them wisely\u2019, as well as lobbying policy makers for positive change and hosting events to raise awareness.<\/p>\n

Duffaut adds, \u201cRETAL is a global PET packaging producer with over 1500 employees worldwide; our employees want to be proud to work for RETAL. By encouraging our people to be part of the plastic packaging solution and by continually investing resources in creating plastic packaging solutions that utilise recycled PET, we can ensure we continue to deliver convenience for the consumer and sustainability for the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out the video from our Clean-Up.<\/p>\n