The Czech Republic holds a very decent level in waste sorting. But where do people rank best in all directions? The answer is given by the results of the nationwide competition of municipalities in the waste and electrification collection about the Crystal Dustbin 2017.
The closure of a sale of a 100% equity stake in RETELA, s.r.o. between the Electrical and Electronic Association of the Czech Republic (EIA) and ASEKOL on 27 April 2018 completed the process of selecting the best candidate among the parties interested in taking over all the business activities and obligations connected with operating the RETELA compliance scheme. The EIA owned RETELA from its foundation in 2005.
This year's weather really wishes us to celebrate Day of the Earth without a single cloud. In the morning, children from nurseries were enjoying the program, in the afternoon people, mums with children or companions were going. And again, the most popular discipline was mobile phone throwing.
The City of Prague hosts a series of information and educational events for public events in different city districts to celebrate the Day of the Earth Day. Prague 6 has chosen for several years Obora Hvězda.
Yesterday, 19th, the fun waste sorting took place on Křinické square in Krásná Lípa. Hundreds of people participated, and we collected more than 30 kg of electrical equipment.
The days of the Earth were celebrated on Wednesday in Týnec nad Sázavou. Many kids from kindergartens learned how to handle retired electric appliances, how to help nature and even how to put peas. Beautiful weather made our work more enjoyable and so we took advantage of the popular racing events in bags, slalom and the throw of a mobile phone into a dustbin.
7 couples - handicapped one on a wheelchair, healthy one on roller skates - ride on Wenceslas Square 24 hours a day. Each kilometer meant financial support for one of the charity projects. The ASEKOL team consisted of a business department represented by Jiří Jančík and the Sledgehammer Zdeněk Šafránka, they took almost 450 km!
The annual Earth Day celebrations started on Tuesday at Sázava. Visitors enjoyed the beautiful weather and the accompanying competitions that the ASEKOL collective system prepared.
ASEKOL will be launching the second year of the ACTIVE Municipality competition, which is focused on promoting recycling and environmental protection. Compared to the last year, the project will be extended to six months this year. All municipalities that have a red ASEKOL container for small electronic devices can sign in.
Collecting mobile phones within the Donate a mobile phone project was used by Solar Turbines EAME. The employees were able to hand over 200 old mobile phones to ASEKOL within six months. Two new smart phones were then donated to the Children's House in Žatec.