IT’S NOT ABOUT WHO’S BETTER. BUT WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE.

22nd April was Earth Day. 🌍

And on this day, we symbolically launched Eco Month in our company, an internal educational campaign that we use every year to spread awareness in the field of environmental protection. We motivate our colleagues to change their habitual behaviour.

This year’s Eco Month is dedicated to cigarette butts, which are harmful and hazardous waste. To make our company safer and cleaner, we decided to install new ashtrays in the designated smoking area. These encourage smokers to put their cigarette butts where they belong.

A simple survey is all it takes to find out. For example, which benefit do your colleagues prefer, or who they think is better at hockey, HK Nitra or HK Spisska Nova Ves.

In addition, we are working to make sure that the cigarette butts catch a second wind and we are able to recycle them responsibly. Why?

Because…. 
🚯 …the cigarette butt is made of plastic (acetyl cellulose) and takes up to 15 years on average to decompose.
☣️ …contains up to 7000 toxic substances
🤢 …pollutes drinking water and soil.
🥀…not only plants but also animals can die because of the butts.

That’s exactly why we decided to join forces with the great eco project Reneso. We collect the cigarette butts and then hand them over to this company to be processed to make new paths later on.

This is also how we can think about a green and safe future.