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ISSUE 39 FREE plastic does not go away... The Last Straw • Water Fasting • How To Choose Safer Plastic Beauty Through Toxicity • Active Citizen Workshop CONTENTS • ISSUE 39 • REACH OUT • 3 04 Letter from Editor 05 Where To Take Your Tech Trash 06 How Many Plastics Are There Contest 07 Plastic Water Bottle Consumption In Malaysia 08-10 The Devil In The Deep Blue Sea 11-13 The Last Straw 14 How to Choose Safer Plastic Page 20-21 15 10 Ways To Unpackage Your Life 16-17 Water Fasting 18-19 KLEFF Ecofilm Fest 20-21 Beauty Through Toxicity 22-23 Plastic Made Fantastic 24-25 Feature Merchants 26 Launching Of IOI Galeria & Brother Of The Year Mall Appearance 27 Earth Hour 28 The Lost Food Project Page 11-13 29 Active Citizen Workshop 30 Amigo Club House 31 Microbeads 32 IOI Sustain Day CONTENTS 33 Recipe 34 Deals & Freebies Page 8-10 Page 18,19 Page 32 4 • REACH OUT • ISSUE 39 • EDITORS NOTE Warmest greetings! We are now heading towards the 2nd half of the year and soon it is time to reflect on the year that was for all of us. Try asking yourself how ‘Green’ were you this year in helping conserve Mother Nature? In this issue, we feature all things plastic. Read about the Tak Nak Straw initiative, where to recycle your plastics and what is considered safe plastics in issue #39. Let’s all try to do our part to help save Mother nature. Letter, from the Editor image credit: freepik.com STAY ON TOP OF THE LATEST NEWS I N YOUR COMMUNITY ! WE ARE ON DIGITAL VERSION! Staying connected with you is very important to us. As we save more trees, the newsletter is on digital version and will be available online. Help us go green! If you would like to share go green community news, reach out to us at [email protected] or give us a holler at 03-8064 8833. In the mean time, if you want a hard copy of the article all you have to do is press print. Otherwise you can read us on your desktop or on the go via your mobile phone or tablet at www.myioi.com/reachout or www.ioiproperties.com.my/reachout image credit: freepik.com WHERE TO TAKE YOUR TECH TRASH • ISSUE 39 • REACH OUT • 5 Where to take your TechOur growing reliance on devices has resultedTrash in a growing number of used mobile phones and batteries accumulating in landfills. On a yearly basis, Malaysians discard 1 million tonnes of e-waste* and without proper disposal, dangerous toxins are slowly leaking into the surrounding environment and subsequently, our waterways, posing a health hazard. To prevent further environmental and potential health pollution, e-waste should be separated and recycled responsibly. In the Klang Valley, there are several e-waste collection spots that you can go to for e-waste disposal. THE HIVE-BULK FOODS URBANR RECYCLE+ Drop off your old batteries here for For convenience, get your e-waste e-waste collection. picked up from your home. 92A, Lorong Maarof, Bangsar Park, facebook.com/urbanrrecycle/ 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. +6017-212 2898 thehivebulkfoods.com [email protected]@gmail.com +6017-680 4221 ‘OLD PHONE, NEW LIFE’ iCYCLE E-Waste Recycling Bins are located at E-waste bins are located around selected telco centres, retail outlets, major areas. schools and universities. www.icycle-global.com/carbon-storesbins/ mobileewaste.mcmc.gov.my/en-my/ where-do-we-recycle#section39 +6011-13245924 +603 8688 8000 *Source: www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/07/19/a-million-tonnes-of-ewaste-produced-yearly-salvaging- electronic-waste-profitable-and-environmentally/ 6 • REACH OUT • ISSUE 39 • CONTEST Count & Win a Complimentary Dinner Buffet! In this issue, all you need to do is count the number of Your Answer: plastic bags, plastic cups and straws you see in this image. Write down your answers and complete this sentence: Plastic Bags: Plastic Straws: Plastic Cups: Plastics are ..............(in no more than 20 words) to stand a chance to win a Buffet Dinner for 2 at the Palm Garden Hotel, IOI Resort City, Putrajaya. Email your answers to [email protected] Plastics are (in no more than 20 words) Winner will receive: Terms & Conditions: 1. This contest is open to all residents of Malaysia only. 2. Multiple entries are permitted. 3. The winner or authorised representative will require to collect the prize from the IOI Customer Relations Unit at Level 2, Tower 2, Puchong Financial Corporate Centre (PFCC) Bandar Puteri Puchong. 4. Request for delivery or posting of prize will not be accepted. 5. The judges’ decision is final and no other correspondence and communication will be entertained. A Buffet Dinner 6. The prize is not exchangeable for cash or other prizes. for 2 at Palm Garden Hotel. Closing date: 30th October 2018 For any enquiries kindly contact 03-8064 8833 or drop us an email at [email protected] PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE CONSUMPTION IN MALAYSIA • ISSUE 39 • REACH OUT • 07 Plastic Water Bottle Consumption iN MALAYSIA of bottled water showed signs of micro plastic 93% contamination worldwide bottled water sales stands at between US$50 billion and US$100 billion (RM213 billion and RM427 billion) each year Although bottle drinking water is in demand by recyclers, more than bottled wa bottleedr ter wat bottled water 80% 1 litre almost the same are thrown away price as a litre of petrol. MOST BOTTLED WATER IS JUST WATER FROM BOTTLED WATER bottled bottled bottled TAP THE KITCHEN TAP water water water water can cost up to RM45 RM540 AT LEAST 1 IN 4 BOTTLES in 30 days per year CONTAIN TAP WATER (AVERAGE RM1.50 PER BOTTLE) a bottle of water costs more than 85% filling a glass or are COLLEGE AND reusable bottle UNIVERSITY GRADUATES $$$ out of 225 that were interviewed consumed at the tap. bottled mineral water. Source: thecoverage.my, eprints.utar.edu.my, nst.com.my, visual.ly, pinterest.com 8 • REACH OUT • ISSUE 39 • THE DEVIL IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA THE DEVIL IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA • ISSUE 39 • REACH OUT • 9 SEA LITTER AND HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THEM TO The devil Break down IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA CARDBOARD : 2 WEEKS NEWSPAPERS : 6 WEEKS FOAM : 50 YEARS STYROFOAM : 80 YEARS ALUMINIUM : 200 YEARS PLASTIC : 400 YEARS This means that every single piece of plastic that was Over time, plastic waste in the sea erodes due to ever produced is still around today. sunlight, salt water and current, breaking down into smaller, rough pieces. These sharp bits end Plastic bottles. Plastic utensils. Plastic straws. Plastic up being ingested by marine life, exposing them to Image credit @ www.futurekingandqueen.com bags. Plastic everything. toxic chemicals and eventually killing them. From mussels to sperm whales, no sea life is spared. This It’s monstrous. It’s growing. And it kills. They are found at the bottom of the ocean floor, and along also threatens the existence of certain species. once unspoilt shorelines. In parts of the Pacific Ocean, you Plastic pollution is putting our oceans on the brink of disaster. Every can find 6 times more plastic litter than plankton. year, over 8 million tonnes end up in the sea, along with cardboard, newspapers, styrofoam and aluminium. While cardboard biodegrades in And recently, in the Mariana Trench - which is the just two weeks, plastics take much, much longer to break down. ocean’s deepest point at 36,000 feet - a plastic bag was found. Yes, the very same kind you would find in 400 years, to be exact. a grocery store. Image credit @ www.livekindly.co 8 • REACH OUT • ISSUE 39 • THE DEVIL IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA THE DEVIL IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA • ISSUE 39 • REACH OUT • 9 SEA LITTER AND HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THEM TO The devil Break down IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA CARDBOARD : 2 WEEKS NEWSPAPERS : 6 WEEKS FOAM : 50 YEARS STYROFOAM : 80 YEARS ALUMINIUM : 200 YEARS PLASTIC : 400 YEARS This means that every single piece of plastic that was Over time, plastic waste in the sea erodes due to ever produced is still around today. sunlight, salt water and current, breaking down into smaller, rough pieces. These sharp bits end Plastic bottles. Plastic utensils. Plastic straws. Plastic up being ingested by marine life, exposing them to Image credit @ www.futurekingandqueen.com bags. Plastic everything. toxic chemicals and eventually killing them. From mussels to sperm whales, no sea life is spared. This It’s monstrous. It’s growing. And it kills. They are found at the bottom of the ocean floor, and along also threatens the existence of certain species. once unspoilt shorelines. In parts of the Pacific Ocean, you Plastic pollution is putting our oceans on the brink of disaster. Every can find 6 times more plastic litter than plankton. year, over 8 million tonnes end up in the sea, along with cardboard, newspapers, styrofoam and aluminium. While cardboard biodegrades in And recently, in the Mariana Trench - which is the just two weeks, plastics take much, much longer to break down. ocean’s deepest point at 36,000 feet - a plastic bag was found. Yes, the very same kind you would find in 400 years, to be exact. a grocery store. Image credit @ www.livekindly.co 10 • REACH OUT • ISSUE 39 • THE DEVIL IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA Over 31 MARINE MAMMAL SPECIES HAVE INGESTED PLASTIC 90% of seabirds have plastic in their stomachs. The toxins found in plastic also leaks into the marine environment.