Bottle top recycling scheme helps out Disabled Association
THE Anglo Turkish Association (ATA) of Northern Cyprus has teamed up with Creditwest Bank to expand a recycling scheme to help disabled people.
As of Thursday, July 1, blue plastic bottle tops can now be deposited at recycling boxes placed at the Girne, Alsancak and Çatalköy branches of the bank.
The recycling scheme, as well as reducing the amount of plastic that goes into the environment, enables blue bottle tops to be “exchanged for wheelchairs” for the Orthopaedic Disabled Association in Lefkoşa.
“An insignificant throwaway small item such as a blue plastic bottle top found on all our bottles of water can easily be turned into a large useful item such as a wheelchair,” an ATA statement said.
ATA chairman Philip Lloyd said: “If we all do the little act of saving the blue plastic bottle tops from all the bottled water we buy, and then by donating them to our association, everybody can rightly claim to be not only doing something positive in helping our environment improve, but also know that the little act they have done will help the disabled amongst us as well.
“In particular the association would like to thank Figen Kaymak of Creditwest bank for helping further strengthen the cooperation between our two very environmentally aware TRNC institutions in which we are both committed to helping look after Northern Cyprus’s environment for our future generations.”
Ms Kaymak said: “We are pleased to be able to join forces with the ATA in their recycling scheme, which has been in existence for a number of years, and hope to help their blue plastic bottle tops recycling scheme grow and become even more successful.”