Green initiative is organizing a meeting with media representatives on subject of scavengers, „Scrap collectors – problem or potential“, tomorrow in Media centre.
Scavengers collect most of the recycling materials, according to USAID research approximately 75 percent of total waste that is being recycled in Serbia. Although a trade in recycling materials is highly profitable, scavengers belong to a poorest social group.
We wish to bring this subject into public discussion and to exchange information in discussion with media representatives on this subject, and to point out necessity of inclusion of scarp collectors into legal framework and influence on economic and social position, and increasing of percentage of recycling.
Guest speakers at the meeting will be Milos Djajic, Center for modern skills Manager, Vladimir Radojicic, on behalf of Green initiative Secretariat, Osman Balic, Manager of YUROM Center, Miso Babovic from Center for development of social entrepreneurship, while Sanja Jovanovic, journalist from Radio 202, will present research on media coverage on scavengers.
Photo: Dragan Kujundzic
Konačno i kod Nas…
poznato mi je da neke zemlje iz okruzenja jos od 2005.god. intezivno rade na prikupljanju sekundarnih sirovina, pa tako recimo u Hrvatskoj ne možete videti plastični otpad čak ni na nekoj “divljoj deponiji” jer na njemu se moze jako lepo zaraditi i to predstavlja nekim porodicama osnovnu zaradu…
kada je primarna selekcija dobro organizovana i funkcionise u praksi, onda na deponijama nema tog otpada koji moze biti recikliran, odnosno sekundarnih sirovina, kao sto je PET ambalaza koju si spomenuo.
Naše aktivnosti i jesu usmerene ka podsticanju primarne selekcije otpada, ali i ukljucivanju individualnih sakupljaca u legalne tokove upravljanja otpadom. Legalizacija njihovog rada doprinela bi i porastu procenta reciklaze. Komparativna iskustva pokazuju da je time količina sakupljenog materijala, sekundarnih sirovina, raste za 20%,