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CANAL’s programme goal is to promote and increase the recycling of aluminium cans in Greece. Aluminium recycling is a particularly important and vital practice for Sustainable Development, since it helps greatly in saving natural resources and energy.
The comprehensive programme to brief, educate and raise awareness about aluminium recycling among school pupils is addressed:
• To school pupils and teachers.
• To the families of school pupils.
• To society as a whole.
• To general public.
CANAL has been operating since 2003. Educating the school community in cooperation with the Experiential School started in 2006.
CANAL is a model recycling centre which receives, sorts and packages used aluminium cans, which are then forwarded to ELVAL’s plant at Oinofyta, so that they can re-enter the production process, which entails numerous benefits for society as a whole. Major investments have been made to ensure that this process operated by ELVAL uses cutting-edge technologies that are environmentally-friendly. In addition, to receiving used aluminium cans for recycling, CANAL also offers educational activities to provide information and raise awareness about aluminium recycling.
The comprehensive program on educating and raising pupils' environmental awareness on aluminium recycling, includes:
• Raising students' awareness through special seminars and school competitions at CANAL, where they are taught the procedure of recycling.
• Educating students through experiential activities in cooperation with the experiential school.
• Raising teachers' awareness and providing special educational material.
• Raising local authorities' awareness by participating in projects in the local area.
• Raising people's awareness through the internet website www.canal.gr, news bulletins and presentation of the program in seminars and conferences.
In the 10 years, from 2003 to 2013:
- CANAL collected a total of 4,488,162 kilos or 292 million aluminium cans, which were sent for recycling.
- A total of 69,870 school pupils from 2,413 classes, took part in the comprehensive programme to brief, educate and raise awareness about aluminium recycling, among school pupils.
In addition to the aluminium cans it collects, CANAL has also developed a comprehensive programme to brief, educate and raise awareness about aluminium recycling among school pupils. CANAL’s programme consists of two lines of action, one which takes place within the Centre and the other which takes place elsewhere:
1st line of action: Actions at CANAL. School groups, especially from primary schools, visit CANAL daily to learn about the aluminium production process, how it is recycled and the resulting benefits, and about proper environmental conduct. Aluminium can recycling competitions for schools and individuals are also run, as well as events and exhibitions of the artworks produced by school competitions, focusing on recycling and the environment. In the period 2003 to 2013, more than 33,440 pupils from 732 school classes attended CANAL info events (by visiting the centre).
2nd line of action: Actions away from CANAL. CANAL in partnership with the Non-for-profit Organization "QualityNet Foundation" and the teachers from the Experiential School "Viomatiko Scholeio", offer hands-on educational courses for primary school pupils. In order to brief and raise awareness among the school community and society as a whole, over the last seven years, innovative educational courses about the environment and recycling have been held with great success. During the 2012-2013 school year, the "Life without Garbage: Reduce – reuse – recycle waste" educational programme was presented by the Experiential School "Viomatiko Scholeio" to 3,239 primary school pupils, at 147 primary schools, in the Attica and wider Viotia areas.
Totally:
- We educated 3,239 school pupils.
- We briefed the school community in a total of 26 areas, about the educational programme.
- We made 3,239 families (or 9,069 people) more aware.
- We provided environmental education materials to primary schools, in a difficult period, because of the economic crisis.
Results of the educational programme run in cooperation with the Experiential School "Viomatiko Scholeio" 2006 - 2013:
- 1,681 classes.
- 36,430 school pupils.
- 2,024 pupil artworks in school competitions.
CANAL operates in Marousi in Attiki, while the educational programs of Experiential School "Viomatiko Scholeio" are implemented at schools (primary education) in Attiki and Viotia.
CANAL’s comprehensive programme is carried out with the following associations:
• The Non-for-profit Organization "QualityNet Foundation", with the educational department of “Experiential School”, which implements the experiential programs at schools (e.g “Life without Rubbish: Reduction, Reusing, Recycling”). This experiential programme is implemented at schools by the Non-for-profit Organization's Experiential School "Viomatiko Scholeio".
• Its innovative activities are part of a more wide-ranging environmental programme run by QualityNet Foundation called ‘Environment Marathon’ which is under the aegis of 3 Ministries. The Ministries of: Education, Environment and Development.
• School groups, especially from primary schools, visit CANAL.
• Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs.
• Local government authorities.
An environmentalist with postgraduate qualifications is on hand to run CANAL’s educational programme. In addition, ELVAL has employed 3 employees who collect and pack the aluminium cans collected by the visitors who deal with the general smooth KANAL’s operation.
The business benefits of the program are:
1. Benefits for the staff due to the increased employees’ awareness on environmental issues.
2. Improvement of the company’s reputation, even though its business plan is not directed at consumers but business customers.
3. Development of new green products based on the increased environmental awareness aiming to exploit recyclable materials.
4. Cost reduction in raw materials.
No Connection with Global Goals found
