Vogosca, 22.12.2017. - As part of the project "Establishment and Development of Primary Selection of Packaging Waste from Communal Solid waste in Municipality of Vogosca", which is started in 2015 by setting up seven eco-islands for selective packaging waste disposal, this year also was organized the educational project for children "The Smile of Planet is in your hands ".

The pupils of 3rd and 4th grade of all elementary schools in the Municipality, attended the interactive workshops where they learned how and why they should separately dispose the packaging waste into the eco-islands located in their settlements. Upon completion of the project, a municipal competition for best placed students was held and the winners are:

1.       place: Omar Hasanovic - Elementary school "Izet Sabic Hotonj" (award - laptop)

2.       place: Tarik Jildizlar – Elementary school "Mirsad Prnjavorac" (award – tablet)

3.       place: Lejla Hadzic  – Elementary school "Mirsad Prnjavorac" (award– mobile phone)

The Mayor of the Municipality Edin Smajic and Ekopak's representative Zoran Rifelj, awarded the best students with prizes and all the participants received the graces with the message to use the knowledge gained within the project and to widen it to their parents, in order to pick as many as possible waste in Vogosca for recycling it and use the less place on city landfill.

In this way, successful cooperation between the municipalities of Vogosca and Ekopak is continued, with continuous education and other activities aimed at improving the system for separate disposal and recycling of packaging waste and raising citizens' awareness.