2024-04-04 14:17:06
The organization Greenpeace México will ask the candidates to the Presidency of Mexico and the head of government of Mexico City to take actions against the plastic pollution that your campaigns generate.
The group warned, through a statement, that most of the electoral propaganda materials are made of plastics, which, depending on the type, can take between tens and hundreds of years to degrade, contributing to the plastic pollution that Mexico and the entire planet already suffers from.
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He explained that plastics, especially those designed to become waste after a very short time, as in the case of electoral garbage, are flooding all of the Earth’s ecosystems.
“This occurs in the midst of an unprecedented environmental crisis and when the effects of climate change are increasingly stronger and the loss of biodiversity is accelerating,” said Greenpeace Mexico.
He pointed out that it is estimated that the electoral garbage generated in this electoral process could reach up to 25 thousand tons in Mexico City alone, according to data from the Foundation for the Rescue and Recovery of the Urban Landscape.
Greenpeace emphasized that it is unacceptable for candidates for elected office to contribute to this pollution crisis with their electoral propaganda.
Therefore, it requests that they make public the report required of political parties and coalitions on the materials used in the production of electoral propaganda.
This must specify the name and location of the contracted suppliers, the recycling plan for the electoral propaganda to be used, the type of material with which they are made (if they are recyclable and toxic-free) and the quality certificates of the resin used in the production of electoral propaganda printed on plastic.
They must also have a recycling plan for used propaganda to ensure it does not become trash.
“We invite you to go beyond what is established in the law and publish a recovery plan for all printed electoral propaganda at the close of the campaigns with clear and realistic measures on what will be done with this waste to prevent it from reaching landfills. or nature,” the organization noted.
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They asked the candidates to calculate and make public their plastic footprint, that is, the amount of electoral propaganda materials printed so far, as well as a commitment to reduce this amount of materials by at least 75% in the remaining weeks of the campaign.
Greenpeace also invited candidates to explore new ways of campaigning, both electoral and social, through the use of digital tools and social networks, and even resorting to traditional media such as television and radio, which do not involve the generation of garbage.
“Citizens no longer want to see the streets of our cities flooded with electoral propaganda that only generates contamination and fatigue among voters. We hope this time they can listen to the citizens who have asked so much for a change in this regard,” he said.
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