4. Glasscycling


Who are we?


Activist group: Glasscycling, established in Subotica, Serbia.

Why did we get together?
Inefficient management of the glass waste that is the responsibility of the Waste Management Department of Subotica, so we want to change their attitude toward this issue.

Legal Background:
According to the existing legal regulations regarding glass waste management:
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/E/EnvProtWaMR00.pdf


Goals:
Activist group GLASSCYCLING has the following goals to push:
- Waste Management Department of Subotica to set up recycling system.
- Waste Management Department of Subotica to develop a chain of glass waste processing units.

Our short term goals are:
- “Force” the authorities to follow the established legal regulations regarding glass waste
- Raising the awareness of the community regarding the benefits of the recycling of the glass waste.


Presentation of the problem:






After two months...

Announcement!
Our activist group GLASSCYCLING is inviting all those interested in solving the glass waste management issue to the Press Conference that is going to be take place in Sovata, Romania 28 of October , two o'clock.


Press conference results:

          On the 28th of October in Sovata took place a conference organized by GLASSCYCLING Group regarding the lack of responsibility of the Waste Management Department of Subotica toward the glass waste recycling.
At the press conference there were about hundred interested people.
The results of the conference can be seen in the movie below:




After one month...

GLASSCYCLING activist group started collecting signatures for a petition, and organized public forum.

We demand that the local subdivision of Environmental protection office from Subotica would implement the existing legislation so that the waste glass to be collected separately and recycled.
Doing so, our glass factory “Heater” will have local raw material and doesn’t need to import it.

We invite everyone who is interested to join our cause and sign the petition.
The petition will be handed to the Waste Management Department of Subotica on the 15th of December.


After one week...

Public forum results:


Thank you for your support!!!

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Meeting the authorities:

The goal of the meeting was to persuade the authorities to take responsibility toward the glass waste recycling. We set an appointment with Mr. Aleksandar Mikic, mayor of Subotica, Ms. Mariska Hargitai, expert in environmental issues and Ms. Angela Belucci, economist in the mayors office.
                                                                   The authorities...

 The meeting took about 15 minutes, our activist group members were disappointed because present persons manifested superficial approach and always tried to avoid the main subject. As a conclusion, our group was advised to find money and solution for glass waste recycling process because they are more interested in having and continuing actual comfortable situation that is harmful from the point of view of economics, environment, employment and national benefits for our region Subotica.
        Outcomes of the meeting:
At the end of the meeting, GLASSCYCLING group handed to the mayor the petition signed by 10.000 people, which has the aim to demand that the local subdivision of Environmental protection office from Subotica to implement the existing legislation so that the waste glass to be collected separately and recycled.
The group is expecting an answer to the petition in 30 days.
We hope the petition will change the attitude of the authorities toward this issue.
Sincerly yours,
THE GLASSCYCLING POWER TEAM!!!





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