{"id":209098,"date":"2024-01-08T08:13:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=209098"},"modified":"2024-01-08T08:44:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T12:44:20","slug":"plastic-for-toys-gathers-3-million-bottles-more-than-7000-toys-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/01\/08\/plastic-for-toys-gathers-3-million-bottles-more-than-7000-toys-delivered\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic for Toys gathers 3 million bottles; more than 7,000 toys delivered"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Plasticos-por-Juguetes-Nuevo-Diario-1024x697.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209143\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Plasticos-por-Juguetes-Nuevo-Diario-1024x697.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Plasticos-por-Juguetes-Nuevo-Diario-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Plasticos-por-Juguetes-Nuevo-Diario-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Plasticos-por-Juguetes-Nuevo-Diario-1536x1045.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Plasticos-por-Juguetes-Nuevo-Diario.png 1796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Botellas de Amor Foundation reports collecting more than three million plastic bottles in the fourth version of \u201cPlastic for Toys.\u201d Washed plastic bottles were exchanged for toys on Saturday, 6 January 2024, Three Kings Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National District Mayor\u2019s Office says the event sought to raise awareness about environmental protection and bring happiness to city residents. The activity is in its fourth version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organizers say that the amount of bottles collected surpassed the 2.2 million bottles collected in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City Council of the National District says 7,323 toys were delivered in exchange for the bottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottles will be recycled and converted into construction materials for homes, playgrounds and urban furniture. The foundation will use them to create benches and children&#8217;s games for the city&#8217;s parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amount of plastics collected this year &#8220;demonstrates our community&#8217;s growing commitment to the environment,&#8221; said Mayor Carolina Mej\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are transforming plastic into smiles, but also into structures and furniture that benefit our city,&#8221; she stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/20240106\/recolectaron-mas-3-millones-botellas-plastico-juguetes_789924.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/botellasdeamor.org\/\">Botellas de Amor <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8 January 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Botellas de Amor Foundation reports collecting more than three million plastic bottles in the fourth version of \u201cPlastic for Toys.\u201d Washed plastic bottles were exchanged for toys on Saturday, 6 January 2024, Three Kings Day. The National District Mayor\u2019s Office says the event sought to raise awareness about environmental protection and bring happiness to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/01\/08\/plastic-for-toys-gathers-3-million-bottles-more-than-7000-toys-delivered\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209098"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209145,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209098\/revisions\/209145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}