Single-use products: Carrefour stops selling plastic sorbets in its 600 branches

The chain stopped selling them and offers its customers more environmentally friendly alternatives, such as recyclable glasses, dishes and dishes

Carrefour stopped selling single-use plastic sorbets. The chain withdrew that product from its 594 branches and its online channel since January 1, adding this initiative to the actions it has been taking globally to contribute to the sustainability of the planet.

Sorbets make up 4% of the world's garbage, since about 1000 million are thrown per day, and these take 200 years to decompose.

“The objective we pursue is to raise awareness in our customers, employees, suppliers and throughout our value chain so that more and more environmentally friendly habits are adopted. In addition, these initiatives are intended to provide other alternatives for responsible consumption available to everyone, ”said Carrefour Director of Corporate Affairs, Francisco Zoroza.

In addition, as an alternative to single-use plastic, the company incorporated in its gondolas other options, such as glasses, plates, sorbets and tableware of celebrations in polipapel; bamboo utensils; metal sorbets, luncheras and rice cutlery, among other options, under its Carrefour Products line, as well as, incorporating local SME products.

Carrefour started the road towards the reduction and elimination of single-use plastics for years and, since 2016, does not distribute plastic bags for free throughout the country, offering its customers reusable bags and other options, such as the lending of changos and free cardboard boxes, to transfer your purchases.

In addition, in addition to the awareness campaigns that it usually carries out, the company proposes that its customers carry their own bags for the purchase of fruits and vegetables and thus reduce the use of single-use “starter bags”.

Yellow alert for heavy storms and heavy rains for three departments

The call for attention lasts until 1 pm. Metsul also warns of severe storms in Uruguay.

The Institute of Meteorology issued a yellow level warning for heavy storms and heavy rains that is valid until 1 pm.

Heavy rains are expected in short periods of time, occasional hail, intense electrical activity and strong wind gusts.

The main affected locations are:

Cologne (The whole department)

San José: Capurro, Ecilda Paullier, Juan Soler, Kiyú-Ordeig, Libertad, Mal Abrigo, Punta de Valdez, Rafael Perazza, Rodríguez, San José de Mayo and Villa María.

Soriano: Graceful, Cardona, Chacras de Dolores, Dolores, Egaña, José Enrique Rodó, Palmitas, Santa Catalina and Villa Soriano.

The Brazilian Metsul Meteorology station also issued a warning for severe storms:

Maria Sharapova retires from play due to smoke from fires in Australia.

The players who participate in the first round of the previous Australian Open were also affected

Maria Sharapova retired from an exhibition tournament in Kooyong, suburb of Melbourne, due to smoke caused by fires affecting Australia.

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The former number one faced the German Laura Siegemund, when in the second set she asked the chair judge for a break due to the quality of the air.

"The chair judge asked us to play one more game. We had already been playing for two hours. From my point of view, leaving was a wise decision," Sharapova said.

While Siegemund said that "it was the first time he played in such conditions and I must admit that I felt drowned during the second set."

Maria Sharapova and Laura Siegemund were not the only ones affected by the smoke from the fires. Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic suffered an intense coughing attack when faced with Swiss Stefanie Vogele when she won 6-4 and 5-6 in the first round of the previous Australian Open.

“I was really scared. I threw myself to the ground because I felt I could not walk. I don't have any respiratory problems, what's more, I like the heat, ”Jakupovic said.

Delilah criticized the organizers of the Australian Open to continue with the day in Melbourne Park despite the air conditions.

Similarly, the Australian Bernard Tomic and the Canadian Eugenie Bouchard needed to stop their matches to receive medical assistance as a result of respiratory difficulties.