How to separate household waste
The second Kronstadt campaign “Razdeleny Draft” on receiving recycled materials from the population and its subsequent recycling took place on Saturday, April 4. 173 people took part in it: 169 Kronstadters (among them 8 volunteers), two residents of neighboring Sestroretsk, two from the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersburg. Together, they collected 550 kilograms of waste paper, 16.5 bags of glass, 11 bags of plastic labeled "1" in the triangle, two plastic bags with "5" in the triangle, one and a half bags - with "2" and "4" in the triangle, three bag with Tetrapack packaging, two metal bags, an aluminum bag and 30 pieces of discs.
The interest of the public has grown - questions have begun
The overall result was twice as large as the results of the first meeting of Kronstadt environmentalists. But the interest in separate collection of waste accepted for recycling from the public did not increase by a factor of two - every five!
Volunteers just showered questions. Why do you take cardboard and do not take wallpaper? Why not take the paper packaging from under the eggs? What if there is no marking? Do I need to wash the bottles and remove the label from them? These and other issues were discussed at the site at the Kronstadt Palace of Youth, where now every first Saturday of the month will be a collection point for recycling. Answers
on them you can find right now, looking into the group "Razdelny Collection - Kronstadt"
in the social network "VKontakte". A full list of what is accepted on the stock is also published there.
Another question that worried the participants: “Where are the collected recycled materials taken?”
I inform you: after the action, waste paper, glass and PET plastic with the marking “1” volunteers loaded the arriving vehicle of the company “Rus Recycling Company” and sent it for recycling. Tin and the remaining plastic labeled "2", "4", "5" was transferred to the company "Util". And aluminum cans were referred to the Kronstadt reception center for non-ferrous metal “Medium” on Zosimov street.
People were also interested: “Who gets money from recycling and what are they going to do?”
I answer: all the proceeds from the sale of recyclables go to the development of the activity of the ecological movement “Separate Collection”, which already has 25 collection points in St. Petersburg (Kronstadt is listed under No. 24). It is with this money that folding urns, T-shirts with the correct slogans for volunteers, flyers are needed for distribution on promotions. Transportation of recycled materials to the place of processing is also partially paid.
Master class for children and housewives
During the first half hour, 60 people visited the reception center. People came and thanked volunteers for the gift of the opportunity to competently get rid of things cluttering up kitchens, balconies, pantries ... Smiling, positive, interested in or long engaged in the idea of making the world a bit cleaner, people said that by deliberate step - to collect recyclable materials and recycle it - they were driven by a landfill that was growing by the day.
The adults brought the children and explained to them what was going on here. A kind of master class! Children happily stamped on plastic bottles with their feet (by the way, try to flatten all the collected plastic at home). Not only that - among the volunteers there were also children: eight-year-old Arina and Violetta playfully packaged recycled materials in separate bags.
The hostesses immediately shared tips on how to arrange space in the kitchen for separate garbage collection. After all, not everyone has a separate empty room. The couple, who came from Sestroretsk, have where to put seven identical cardboard boxes for collecting glass, paper, iron and plastic of several kinds. Lyuba, who lives in Kronstadt, has no such place in the apartment. Rather, it was not. Until recently. On Saturday, she brought to the stock unnecessary glass jars and admitted that she disassembled the mezzanine specifically in order to more actively join the movement "Separate Collection".
Love: “I used to justify my inaction by simply putting nowhere in the house for recycling. But now my mother and I have found a way out. We will collect plastic, glass and metal and pass it in for recycling. I remember in my childhood dad always said: “If you want ice cream, go hand over the bottles”.
Introduce the idea into the life of every family!
"Why did you decide to join the movement" Shared Collection "?"
The Kronstadters answered this question about the same thing: “I cannot look at the growing landfill”, “I feel sorry for the trees”, “I want to do something for our planet”, “I was driven by my wife, and I fully support her”. Against this background, the words of a little boy sounded dramatically, which for the second time brings with the mother several packages of useful garbage: “And dad wants to throw it all out!”
Natalya Zakharenko: “For the first time I decided to collect recyclables. The family council decided to support the right initiative. In addition, it is pleasant to realize that you are among those who are trying to do something good for the planet. I hope that we will manage to organize a separate collection at home. ”
Sisters Polina and Anastasia: “We want our children to live on a clean planet! We saw the participants of the first action, and decided to prepare thoroughly for the second one: a month they were collecting plastic, paper, yogurt cups, jars of baby food ... ”
Daria Godnar: “My son (he is studying in the 1st grade of the 423rd school) and I wrote the project“ Glass and Environmental Protection ”. And there they considered the problem of garbage. Then they found out about the action. Began to collect plastic. Of course, this takes place in the kitchen, but the knowledge that we are doing the right thing gives strength to cope with irritation. ”
Mother Katya: “Once a son asked:“ Mother, where does paper and furniture come from? ”I told them that they are made of wood. And he asks: “What will happen if all the trees are cut down?” My child is 3.5 years old and he is very sorry for the trees. ”
You can not store at home - you will be containers!
Yes, many people, conveying the collected volunteers, complained that it was inconvenient to keep all this at home for a month - they say, it is necessary to install special containers in the yards, then consciousness will be awakened in people. After all, it's easy: bring empty glass containers to the container, which is next to your house ...
Irina came with her husband and sons: “We learned about the action from the Kronstadt Gazette.” A lot of glass has accumulated at home, and we didn’t know where to put these cans. After all, throw - sorry. And then they will be recycled! Very good. But it would be even better if services were equipped in our service yards.
for separate waste collection. After all, a month to keep it all at home is difficult. ”
Olga Gennadyevna: “I am glad that such actions are held in Kronstadt. Here are just from the 19th quarter, not everyone can bring their recyclables. I propose to organize another reception point. ”
On remarks, similar to the remark: “The city should do it” - the volunteers unanimously answered: “And what is a city? This is us! We are the city! ”
And yet, opponents of storing collected recycled materials in the kitchen have something to please. According to Kronstadt Messenger Roman Sablin, chairman of the Green Kotlin Ecoclub, according to the results of the two RazDelnye Dvory shares held in Kronstadt, the district administration went to meet eco-activists and supported their proposal to establish
in the city there are stationary containers for separate collection of recyclable garbage. Now is the approval of addresses. One of them will definitely be in the 19th quarter. Removal of containers will occur once a month. The future of the project depends on how and what they will be filled with. If Kronstadters will use
they will do it competently, in the future the number of such specialized sites will increase. For now, I can assure you that the Kronstadt Gazette will closely monitor the implementation of this project. Details are in the following numbers.
When the amount of garbage is reduced, problems also
However, as you know, the best way to get rid of garbage is not to start it. The participation of Kronstadt in the “Divided Collection” movement is not only bags of useful recyclable materials transferred for recycling. This is primarily a change of attitudes in the head of everyone who, after reading this material, found it in consonance with his idea of the future of the city, country, planet.
What is the next step of conscious people?
The secret is simple. Soon you will play enough in “collect, divide and recycle” and begin simply and naturally not to consume. By reducing the volume of rash purchases, acquiring wisely, you can not only save, make the city cleaner and save the environment - but also save the world in the family. Then quarrels in the kitchen over where to keep yogurt cups, washed and flattened bottles and empty cans waiting for the next promotion, simply will not.
Pavel and Ekaterina: “We do not have the same scale. We just do not have so much garbage to interfere. Therefore, it is easy for us to collect and export separately once a month. ”
Masha Beschastnaya from school 422: “The problem of garbage is a global problem. And if we do not help our planet, then we will not stay at home. Nature is our mother. And you have to take care of mom. My position: you need to reduce the amount of garbage. "
Fully agree with Masha.
I remind you that the action "Divided Collection" in Kronstadt was organized by the youth association Ecoclub Green Kotlin, existing at the Kronstadt Palace of Youth. On April 4, volunteers took the recycle from Kronstadt: Roman Sablin, Mikhail Lunkov, Maria Gorshenina, Olesya Eremina, Ksenia Velesova with her daughter Arina, and the author of this material with her daughter Violetta.
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