Ekopak handed infrastructure for the establishment of five eco-island, sets of buckets for kindergardens and vehicle for the selective collection of packaging waste to municipality of Novi Travnik
Formal handover of infrastructure
for the establishment of five eco-islands, as well as sets of bins that will be
placed in front of the kindergardens in the municipality of Novi Travnik, was
held on Thursday, 16.04.2015. In addition to the existing infrastructure, Novi
Travnik now has a total of 13 eco-islands. Ekopak financed the vehicle for the
selective collection of packaging waste so the cycle could be closed and
packaging waste ultimately recycled.
The handover was attended by the mayour of the municipality of Novi Travnik Refik Lendo, director of JKP "Vilenica-čistoća" Tihomir Sučić and an Expert Sales and Communications Associate from Ekopak Samra Jažić.
Mayor of the Municipality of
Novi Travnik expressed satisfaction that the Ekopak enabled citizens of the
municipality to obtain containers and selectively dispose packaging waste. He points
out that in addition to training it is necessary to carry out the appropriate
measures so that citizens behave responsibly towards the waste which is not garbage
but useful raw material.
Ekopak will in future carry out
educational and promotional activities designed to spread positive awareness
about the proper disposal of packaging waste. One of the upcoming activities is
the performance for children from primary schools called "Tvrle the Ecologist" that is to be held on 27.04.2015.
at 13h at the Dom kulture Novi Travnik. The performance is implemented in cooperation
with the Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica.
Ekopak invites all
manufacturers, importers, packers, distributors and retailers to regulate their
legal obligations for packaging waste through Ekopak, and facilitate the
establishment of the system in all municipalities of the Federation modeled on
the best practices of European countries with which Ekopak is connected through
PRO EUROPE.