Official launch of the National Map of Recycling Points

Офіційний запуск Національної мапи пунктів прийому вторинної сировини

April 22 at 11:00 a press conference will be held on the topic: "Official launch of the National Map of Recycling Points".

Organizer: All-Ukrainian youth movement "Let's do it Ukraine".

Participants: Julia Markhel - President of the All-Ukrainian youth movement "Let's do it Ukraine"; Natalia Fesyun - PepsiCo Ukraine Communications Manager; Olena Koltik - Director of the Department of Waste Management and Environmental Safety of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources; Gennady Shkura - Director of the Ukrainian State Center for Extracurricular Education; Vladimir Verbytsky - Director of the National Ecological and Naturalistic Center for Student Youth of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Moderator: Anna Vaglay - National Public Relations Coordinator of the All-Ukrainian Youth Movement "Let's do it Ukraine".

Short. The National Map of Recycling Points will be launched in Ukraine before the International Earth Day. The project is designed to help everyone during sorting: from item selection and separate collection to delivery of raw materials.

A feature of the map is a wide network of marks: specialized points, sorting tanks, stations. Each point on the map contains current information about working hours, address and contacts.

By 2023, it is planned to cover the map of Ukraine with reception points as much as possible, after which the main task will be to maintain and update the available information.

The project was developed by the team of the All-Ukrainian youth movement "Let's do it Ukraine". With the support of the Ukrainian State Center for Extracurricular Education, the National Ecological and Naturalistic Center. The general partner is PepsiCo Ukraine with the support of the PepsiCo Foundation together with the School Recycling World International Youth Movement.

For reference. Let's Do It Ukraine is an All-Ukrainian youth movement that has been active in 24 regions of Ukraine for 6 years thanks to the close cooperation of activists, NGOs, local governments, business and the media. The project activities of the organization have already united more than 2.5 million participants in all-Ukrainian and local projects: World Cleanup Day, Let's Make Ukraine Clean Together !, All-Ukrainian Ecological Festival "CleanFest", Digital Cleaning "Digital Cleanu", "All-Ukrainian Forum of Interaction and Development", national project "Clean beaches together!" and others. The organization is part of the international movement "Let's Do It World", which brings together 180 countries and more than 30 million members to care for the environment and cleanliness of our planet. The international movement "Let's Do It World" is an accredited partner of the United Nations Environment Program.

Accreditation of media representatives: ldupresscenter@gmail.com

Contact person: Anna Vaglay - National Public Relations Coordinator (0979289870).

The event will take place online through the video service ZOOM

The event will be broadcast on the website and YouTube channel of Ukrinform: https://www.youtube.com/user/UkrinformTV

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