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| Holcim Hungária, Hungary: Environmental “clean-up days” |
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Project description Holcim Hungária has been organizing annual “clean-up days” at the Lábatlan and Miskolc plants since 2005. The “environmental protection and waste collection days” quickly became popular among students and teachers. Holcim designed the program together with local schools, involving elementary school pupils and their teachers. |
Objectives Its involvement in this project demonstrates Holcim Hungária’s commitment to environmental protection and local communities. With regard to the environment, other activities included: |
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Activities The “clean-up days” usually follow the same schedule: For the “clean-up days”, Holcim Hungária cooperated with more than 120 teachers in the northern Hungary, and over 50 in the Miskolc area. Since the very first “clean-up day”, Holcim Hungária has urged local NGOs and journalists to join in with the action. In 2006 and 2007, the company, together with the students and local NGOs, cleaned the streets, squares, parks and public spaces of Lábatlan. After receiving very positive feedback in both Miskolc and Lábatlan, the program was successfully extended to involved almost 1,000 children in Nyergesújfalu, where Holcim Hungária is building a cement plant. Indirectly, the project reached the children’s parents as well, which means the company reached a significant part of Nyergesújfalu’s total population. |
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Results Although Holcim Hungária received positive feedback from education institutes as well as the media, there are some valuable learning points to share: |
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