Hotel Jen Launches Plastic Free Awareness Campaign


Maldives
PUBLISHED July 18, 2018

Hotel Jen Maldives has initiated an awareness campaign on "Plastic Bag-Free Day," highlighting the need to reduce the use of plastic bags and promoting more use of recycled paper bags. 


"The Say no to plastic bag July campaign at hotel Jen Male Maldives will be one of our initiative to moving away from single-use plastics, by joining the global fight against plastic in conjunction with the world no plastic campaign month." Reads a statement by the Hotel. 


"The Jen Mega Bag will be kept at the hotel lobby throughout the month of July and with pledge notes for guests who are visiting to take a photo or selfie and create awareness on this by using the hashtags #Plasticfreejuly #HotelJenMaleMaldives #TheJenBag #WorldNoPlasticDay #ChoosetoRefuse #CleanGreenerMaleCity."


The staffs of the Hotel who work in different departments gathered up at the all-day dining restaurant Lime, where the event took place after the General Manager Rahim Flynn address the colleagues on the importance of using recycled and environment friendly bags, the pledge was taken by all the colleagues where they pinned the Jen Mega bag with recycled paper bags of Jen.


The participants were given further information on the topic by Rhoda Maceda Director of Human Resources and CSR Champion of Hotel Jen Maldives. 


Hotel Jen recently also started the plastic recycle campaign in collaboration with Beam, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) focusing on Biodiversity Education & Awareness in Maldives and Parley is the international environmental protection organisation for the Oceans. 




Together with Parley, Beam focus is to reduce and Intercept the waste that will end up in oceans in the Maldives. It empowers the island communities and organisations in protecting the environment through awareness sessions, clean-up campaign and plastic waste collection and segregation. 


Plastic bags can take hundreds of years to degrade, releasing tiny particles of toxic chemicals into soil and water,  polluting the environment and harming many living organisms, such as those in marine environments. 


Hotel Jen collected a total of 367 kg of plastic from April to December last year and up to 235.7 kgs of plastic Since the beginning of this year and sent to Beam Parley. The Hotel states that their target is to collect more plastic than last year and also has held several awareness sessions to enhance the importance of minimising and recycling the plastic in their daily lives. 


Catering to urban adventurers, the Hotel Jen brand delivers quality, comfort and value with a playful twist and friendly service. Hotel Jen embraces the love for life and travel, helping curious travellers to leave boring behind through spontaneous experiences, unpublished insights and unique perspectives.


 Launched in 2014, Hotel Jen offers nine vibrant hotels in some of the best locations across the Asia Pacific, including Singapore; Hong Kong; Shenyang, China; Manila; Penang and Johor in Malaysia; and Malé, Maldives. A number of Hotel Jen properties are in the pipeline including in Beijing and Malaysia. 

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