World Environment Day Postal measures Protect environment

June 5, 2014 is the forty-third world environment day, the national postal scrambling, climate change. The small island states postal operators around the world environment day 2014 theme "raise your voice" action.
Mauritius post and the government and private organizations to reduce the carbon footprint of the national project. Mauritius postal reminder of its 1200 employees, to save energy, and in the post office courtyard planting trees or as much as possible to create green space, ecological environmental protection way to manage waste. 100 post offices in Mauritius use environmental protection bags, collect customer use envelopes for recycle. Mauritius Post said, the move has been successful. The company every month hundreds of kilograms of garbage collection.
Mauritius post also cooperation with mobile operators in Mauritius Telecom, to collect and recycle the used batteries and mobile phone. At the same time, reduce the mail delivery frequency, asked the driver to drive for environmental protection.
Barbados post also gradually to implement environmental protection measures, support the government's environmental objectives. Barbados post Senior Postal director Marcia Greene said, LED lighting has been replaced by fluorescent lamp, and require employees to not use electrical equipment will be closed down or off. Employees are on how to "reduce, reuse, recycling and recovery" (4Rs) and other measures to reduce waste training.
UPU sustainable development and partnership manager Olivier Boussard said, each of these measures is to combat climate change. Olivier Boussard is responsible for survey supervision UPU annually to 192 members of the organization and its postal operators of greenhouse gas emissions.
The UPU will release its fifth annual questionnaire, to oversee the postal operators carbon footprint, and helping to reduce the impact on the environment. The national postal service has been working to make the building more energy-efficient, delivery route is more reasonable, and the increasing use of motor vehicles, bicycles and other alternative fuel vehicles, reducing the carbon footprint.
As a member of the United Nations, UPU is committed to helping the environment all over the world and tackle climate change. Following the 2009 Copenhagen world climate conference success, the UN climate summit will be held in September 23rd, agreement to mobilize political will in 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
MYEX Minya Express International
2014-06-17