Project: "Creating and managing an integrated system in Primary Schools to address the problem of waste PET bottles and to prevent the release of persistent organic pollutants - POPs from combustion of waste plastic and PET bottles"

Summary: Petra -  Association for Plastic Recycling in Republic of Macedonia started the project financially supported by the GEF SGP (Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme) and MDC-TI. NET. Regions covered by the project are: Bitola region, Skopje / Sara Region, Southeast Region and Eastern Region.

General Objective of the project: Reducing the quantities of POPs emitted from burning of PET plastic waste and education for changing the public opinion in relation to the quality management of the PET waste in Primary Schools.

Project activities:
• Surveying students, teachers and households for the capacity of collecting / carrying plastic PET bottle from home
• Establishment of a working group to involve and connect all stakeholders (schools, NGOs..) and contracting among all involved in the project
• Training of NGOs for the damage caused by the incineration of waste PET bottle and work with schools, students and parents
• Printing and distribution of information leaflets for students and parents
• Procurement and distribution of press machines for reducing  the volume of the PET waste, jumbo bags and containers across the involved schools
• Set the press machines, jumbo bags and containers into the schools
• Collecting, processing and purchasing of collected PET waste
• Creating, printing and distribution of the booklet presentation model for schools for reducing the discharge POPs in the environment, as an opportunity for its replication

Duration of the project: December 2011 - March 2013.