The Lázaro Peña Cigarette Company received this Friday the Creativity Award, the highest award given annually at the closing ceremony of Expoambiente, an environmental event which was held for two days at the fairgrounds in the city of Holguín.
This entity stands out for the application of the circular economy, science and technological innovation in its processes, together with the development of environmentally friendly products, which give a new use value to solid waste from industry.
In addition, during the days of the event, a wide variety of collateral activities were held, such as participation contests, presentation of interest clubs and audio-visual materials, hidden treasures, handing out brochures and raffles, and raffles.
Some 70 entities and self-employed workers from the province were also recognized as participants in the meeting and for the satisfactory results in the management of environmental management programs.
During the closing day, there was also a panel discussion by the Ecoarte community project, a community project of the Cubaníquel Business Group, for its three decades to the promotion of actions focused on the reforestation of areas affected by mining, and the protection of mangroves.
Geovanny Zaldívar, sub-delegate of the Environment in the territorial delegation of the country’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma for its Spanish acronym) told the Cuban News Agency that the event was an opportunity to promote the reforestation of areas affected by mining and the protection of mangroves.
Geovanny Zaldívar, sub-delegate of the Environment, told the Cuban News Agency that the event was conducive to the exchange of experiences and the training of managers and decision-makers on issues of impact such as social and institutional responsibility in the implementation of the Natural Resources Law.
He emphasized that good practices in the management of solid waste and an update on the regulations of the regulations in force in this area took place in the two days event, together with the regulatory framework for the granting of environmental licenses.
Expoambiente 2024 was attended by specialists, engineers, community actors with experience in the use of science and technological innovation for environmental protection and sustainable development.
With information from Eileen Esther Molina Fernández – ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo
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