{"id":379776,"date":"2022-11-16T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=379776"},"modified":"2022-11-16T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:06:57","slug":"nov-13-19-is-cnmi-recycles-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nov-13-19-is-cnmi-recycles-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 13-19 is CNMI Recycles Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_379778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379778\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CNMI-Recycles-Week.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-379778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CNMI-Recycles-Week-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-379778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, with Office of Planning and Development deputy director and Garapan Revitalization Task Force chair Christopher A. Concepcion, the staff of OPD, the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance, Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality\u2019s Division of Environmental Quality, and local partners, pose for a souvenir picture yesterday after the proclamation of the week of Nov. 13-19, 2022, as CNMI Recycles Week. (OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gov. Ralph DLG Torres has declared the week of Nov. 13-19, 2022, as\u00a0CNMI Recycles Week, in conjunction with the celebration of Nov. 15 as America Recycles Day, which began over two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>The proclamation encourage everyone in the CNMI community to acknowledge and take part in the efforts to combat climate change, promote sustainable living, and protect the environment for the Commonwealth\u2019s future generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026We affirm our commitment to preserving our precious resources, working toward more sustainable production, consumption, and disposal practices, and creating a healthier and cleaner world,\u201d states part of the proclamation. \u201cThe Commonwealth acknowledges the significance of the continued prosperity of its citizens who call these islands \u2018home\u2019 and takes part in this unified call to global action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Recycling Economic Information Report published in November 2020 reveals that recycling is a critical part of the U.S. economy that created 681,000 jobs, increased $37.8 billion in wages, and generated $5.5 billion in tax revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CNMI is committed to taking the necessary action and expanding our Commonwealth\u2019s efforts in combating climate change by reducing, reusing, and recycling waste, which will create more jobs for our people and unlock a door of possibilities and increased economic output here in our islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proclamation noted that Tinian has been leading efforts to assess and implement zero waste management opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The CNMI\u2019s 2021-2030 Comprehensive Sustainable Development Plan supports the 10-year Sustainable Development Goal that by 2030, 50% of the recyclable waste stream will be diverted from CNMI\u2019s environmentally-compliant waste management facilities on Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and the Northern Islands with diverted waste composted, reused, or sold to support sustainable waste management systems. <em>(Saipan Tribune)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ralph DLG Torres has declared the week of Nov. 13-19, 2022, as\u00a0CNMI Recycles Week,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":379782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}