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Cervic Environment installed bins and ecological Islands in Valdemoro Helicon school

13/01/2010

January 13, 2010

Valdemoro (Madrid) Helicon College just install a complete system for the selective collection of waste which seeks to promote ecological entrepreneurship among its 1,300 students. Those responsible for the Centre have decided to invest part of the subsidy received by winning the contest 'You can do', promoted by the Obra Social Caja Madrid, in acquiring new elements to promote the selective collection among the students.

In the external areas and at the entrances to the school about 30 paper company cervic environmentSydney model have been installed. This design is especially created to ensure that its use is very intuitive and has three different modules which allow the adequate separation of paper, packaging and glass to be recycled later. Colors and indicative of the support allows quickly identify each type of waste, so its use conforms to the profile of the public of the Centre, ranging from 3 to 16 years.

In addition, the Helicon College has also incorporated elements for selective waste collection in the interior in order to meet the needs of teaching and support staff.

The ecological strategy also includes an educational section, in order to teach the children of younger ages to identify the different types of waste as well as the container in which must be placed. To this end, Cervic Environment has provided also 150 units of the Eco kids Pack, a kit that includes three fast-erecting cardboard bins that allow the proper separation of wastes.