LAN Recycles Easter
Air cargo, always
in search of new commodities, may have found a new one as LAN Cargo said
that it has signed an agreement to remove more than 24 tons of cardboard
per month from Easter Island.
LAN Cargo is currently transporting
bundles of compacted cardboard to Santiago from Easter Island for recycling
and reuse.
Home of the Moai Statues of the Rapa
Nui, Easter Island is located 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile. It is
considered one of the most remote inhabited locations in the world.
But reality has come knocking at the
door of this treeless landscape, which is considered a sacred island of
the world.
Immoveable. Nearly 900
giant statues Easter Islanders called “Moai” punctuate
Easter Island's southeastern coast.
On average the Moai stand 13 feet tall and weigh
14 tons each, and it is believed they were carved from volcanic ash
between 1250 and 1500 CE. |
It turns out that
the Easter Island dumps are full, as recycling came late to that part
of the world. The waste has outgrown available places to put it.
 Luis
Castellani, Domestic Cargo business manager of LAN Cargo, which has been
the sole service provider to Easter Island for 47 years, puts it this
way:
“With this operation, LAN materializes
its constant concern for the most isolated areas of our country, performing
tasks in close collaboration and coordination with local authorities.
“To date, we have shipped more
than 95 tons of cardboard from Easter Island to Santiago
“We expect to finish out 2014
having transported 350 metric tons of cardboard!
“We are very committed to the
community of Easter Island and hope that with this task we can help preserve
the environment and contribute to improving the quality of life of its
inhabitants,” Mr. Castellani said.
Geoffrey/Flossie |
