Selective collection project supported by METRO Cash & Carry

de | mart. 28, 2014 | campaign

Between April 02 and 15, 2014, ECOTIC and Recolamp carried out together with METRO Cash & Carry the project “Be our hero! Recycle! Ecotic and Recolamp reward you! ” inside the Metro Baneasa store, located in the sauce. Bucharest - Ploiesti, sector 1, Bucharest. The prizes of the project dedicated to the selective collection of electrical and electronic waste, used portable batteries and accumulators, as well as burnt bulbs and neon lights, were 3 Samsung LED TVs and 6 Acer Iconia electronic tablets. In this project were collected over 25 kg of waste portable batteries and accumulators, 1 ton of waste electrical and electronic equipment and 35 kg of incandescent light bulbs and neons. All waste collected followed the correct recycling course. 

The campaign was addressed to Metro Baneasa customers, the organizers thus offering the public the opportunity to dispose correctly and in an environmentally friendly way of waste electrical and electronic equipment - WEEE, waste lighting equipment, except incandescent bulbs, waste portable batteries and accumulators.
Through the campaign called “Be our hero! Recycle! Ecotic and Recolamp reward you! ”, The organizers wanted to remind the population that the gesture of selective collection must become a habit for each of us, waste stored at random or that we dispose of improperly, is a real danger to human health and the environment surrounding.

The primary objective of the campaign was to develop a responsible attitude of citizens towards waste, especially towards WEEE, waste lighting equipment, except incandescent bulbs, and waste portable batteries / accumulators. The awareness campaign included, besides the informative-educational side, a practical component, that of selective collection of this waste.

The interested persons could bring the types of waste included in the project only at the project stand available inside the Metro Baneasa store, located in the sauce. Bucharest - Ploiesti, sector 1, Bucharest. In exchange for the handed over waste, the participants received coupons for the raffle that took place on April 17, at 12.00 inside the same store. Through this raffle, the winners of the “Be our hero! Recycle! Ecotic and Recolamp reward you! ”. The prizes are:

- 3 Samsung LED TVs, offered to those who brought waste electrical and electronic equipment,

- 3 tablets 7 ″ Acer Iconia for people who brought used portable batteries and accumulators to the project,

- 3 tablets 7 ″ Acer Iconia, will be offered to those who brought lighting equipment (bulbs, neons, lamps, etc.) burned, except for incandescent bulbs.

The winners are for the tablets Acer lconia 7 ″:
Dumitrescu Traian
Marta Florin
Gavrila Andreea
Marta Florin
Past Alexander
Ignatescu Dragos

For Samsung 32EH5000 LED TVs, the winners are:
Oprea Vintila Magdalena
Marta Florin
Forester Catalin

Raffle coupons were awarded as follows:
For 1 WEEE handed over at the project stand between 02 and 15 April 2014, 1 raffle participation slip will be awarded;
For 5 used portable batteries and accumulators, 1 participation coupon will be awarded to the related raffle;
For 5 lighting equipment (bulbs, neons, lamps, etc.) burned, except for incandescent bulbs, 1 participation ticket will be awarded to the raffle.

The chances of winning the campaign participants were given by the number of waste handed over.

Only together can we offer ourselves and future generations a CLEAN ENVIRONMENT!

The press release given at the end of the campaign is available here. 

The project regulations can be consulted here.