国际英语资讯:Feature: Young Palestinians launch initiative to reduce plastic use in blockaded Gaza
<p><span word="GAZA">GAZA</span>, <span word="July">July</span> 31-- <span word="Baraa">Baraa</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Madhoun">Madhoun</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Ghadeer">Ghadeer</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Saqa">Saqa</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="blockaded">blockaded</span> <span word="Gaza">Gaza</span> <span word="Strip">Strip</span>, <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="sewing">sewing</span> <span word="fabric">fabric</span> <span word="bags">bags</span>, <span word="dedicated">dedicated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reducing">reducing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coastal">coastal</span> <span word="enclave">enclave</span>.</p><p><span word="Together">Together</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="natives">natives</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Gaza">Gaza</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="My">My</span> <span word="Bag">Bag</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="distributes">distributes</span> <span word="fabric">fabric</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="shop">shop</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="customers">customers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="changing">changing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mindset">mindset</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span> <span word="society">society</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> "<span word="grey">grey</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="boring">boring</span>" <span word="bags">bags</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="decorate">decorate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bags">bags</span>, <span word="made">made</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="factories">factories</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="drawings">drawings</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span> <span word="embroidery">embroidery</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="institute">institute</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="environmentally">environmentally</span> <span word="harmful">harmful</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="products">products</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="lie">lie</span> <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="starting">starting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="decompose">decompose</span>," <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Madhoun">Madhoun</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> 2018 <span word="report">report</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Bureau">Bureau</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Statistics">Statistics</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="household">household</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Gaza">Gaza</span> <span word="Strip">Strip</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="to">to</span> 716 <span word="tonnes">tonnes</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 12 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="storage">storage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Palestinian">Palestinian</span> <span word="enclave">enclave</span>. <span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="dispose">dispose</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>, <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="burning">burning</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="throwing">throwing</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>, <span word="both">both</span> "<span word="devastating">devastating</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>."</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="catastrophe">catastrophe</span> <span word="here">here</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="besieged">besieged</span> <span word="Gaza">Gaza</span> <span word="Strip">Strip</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="factories">factories</span>, <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="facilities">facilities</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="recycle">recycle</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="cloth">cloth</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="curb">curb</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span>," <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Madhoun">Madhoun</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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