February 19th, 2008: Drink tap water
In Bonaire you can safely drink from the faucet. It is pure and refreshing. The water is made through a salt water desalination process. All the waters around Bonaire are protected and managed by STINAPA through the Bonaire National Marine Park (BNMP). Bonaire does not have heavy industry dumping waste in our waters. The seawater is therefore clean* and what comes out of the tap is safe to drink.
In 2008 as part of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR 2008) campaign STINAPA/BNMP wants to motivate people not to buy bottled water but drink tap water instead.
It has become a fashion to drink bottled water; literally hundreds of thousands of empty water bottles are dumped on our landfill every year. It takes plastic bottles 7 centuries to disintegrate!
Bonaire is a small island which does not have recycling facilities. All the waste produced on island is dumped on a land fill which is very close to its maximum capacity and Selibon N.V., the sanitation company managing it, does not have an alternative way to process our waste yet. While they are searching for a solution that they can afford, we all have the obligation to reduce the pressure on the landfill. WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE WASTE WE PRODUCE.
Stop buying bottled water and drinking from the tap is one way to help reduce the pressure on our landfill.YOU TOO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
* We do not pretend to be totally pollution free. We do have our challenges and are working very hard to counter them. Although these are not so great to make our sea water a danger to the health.
Bebe awa di kranchi
Na Boneiru bo por bebe awa di kranchi sin niun problema. E ta puru i refreskante. E awa ta ser trahá den un proseso di desalinisashon. Esta nan ta saka e salu for di e aw’i laman. Tur e awanan rondó di Boneiru ta protehá i manehá di parti di STINAPA pa medio di Bonaire National Marine Park (BNMP). Boneiru no tin industria pisá ta dùmp porkeria den nos awanan. E awa di laman p’esei ta limpi. Nos no ta pretendé di ta kompletamente liber di polushon. Nos tin sierto retonan i nos ta trahando hopi duru pa surpasá nan. Sinembargo esakinan no ta asina grandi pa hasi nos awa di bebe un peliger pa nos salú. Lokual ku ta sali for di bo kranchi ta seif pa bebe.
Den 2008, komo parti di e kampaña pa International Year of the Reef (IYOR 2008) STINAPA/BNMP ke motivá hende pa no kumpra awa den bòter di plèstik pero pa bebe awa di kranchi na su lugá. A para bira kos di moda pa bebe awa di bòter. Míles i míles di bòter di awa bashí ta bai nos landfill tur aña. I ta tuma un bòter di plèstik 700 aña pa desintegrá kompletamente.
Boneiru ta un isla chikitu ku no tin fasilidatnan pa resiklá sushi. Tur e sushi di kas ku nos ta produsí ta ser di dùmp riba un landfill ku ta yegando su kapasidat máksimo, i Selibon N.V., e kompania di sanitashon ku ta manehá e landfill no tin un alternativa pa deshasí di e sushi ainda. Miéntras ku nan ta buskando un solushon ku nos por paga, nos tur tin e obligashon pa redusí e preshon riba e landfill. NOS MESTER REDUSÍ E KANTIDAT DI SUSHI KU NOS TA PRODUSÍ!
Stòp di kumpra awa den bòter i kuminsá bebe mas awa di kranchi ta un di e maneranan pa redusí e preshon riba nos landfill.
BO TAMBE POR HASI UN DIFERENSHA.