Chemicals

The project aimed to establish a mechanism of household plastic management, which indirectly reduces the emission of POPs (dioxins and furans) and directly reduces the amount of waste and also littering in the communities. This project is a good practice replication of the project finished by the GEF SGP grantees environmental associations Planetum and Sonchev rid. More specifically this project takes the successfully developed model of collecting PET and other plastic through primary schools (5 primary schools in the Municipality of Chair, Skopje) and further evolve with added environmental education component. Project activities included: Establishing a school teams for collecting and municipality working team, Public awareness campaign on POPs and plastic collecting, its use and educate on the consequences and danger if burnt Design and publishing of the environmental playbook for pupils and informative flyer for parents Environmental education targeting school pupils on importance of POPs and PET collection, Organising PET collection by placing waste bins in 5 schools and purchasing 20 machines for minimizing the bottle s volume.

Macedonia