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EFFECTIVE PACKAGING RECYCLING PROGRAM IN BUILDINGS AND SERVICES OF THE HELLENIC POLICE

EFFECTIVE PACKAGING RECYCLING PROGRAM IN BUILDINGS AND SERVICES OF THE HELLENIC POLICE
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Objective Action

Environmental protection – development of ecological awareness among Hellenic Police personnel – reciprocal benefit

 

Target Audience

Greek Police personnel as well as citizens visiting police services

 

Duration

The program is automatically renewed between the contracting parties, until one of the two parties objects.


Description

In order for our Agency to implement the provisions of articles 7 §3 and 12 §3 of Law 4496/2017 "Amendment of Law 2939/2001 on the alternative management of packaging and other products, adaptation to Directive 2015/720/EU, regulation of issues of the Greek Recycling Organization and other provisions, from which arises the obligation for Public Services, Legal Entities, Public Enterprises and Local Authorities to ensure the separate collection of individual packaging materials, made of glass, plastic, metals and paper, prompted the investigation of the possibility implementation of a recycling program in buildings and services of the Hellenic Police. In 2018, the will of the political and physical Leadership of the Corps was expressed to undertake actions towards environmental protection, resulting in the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the Hellenic Police, represented by the Hellenic Police Care & Excellence Foundation and the company "Rewarding Recycling S.A.". The implementation of the pilot program was initially implemented, in June 2018, in ten (10) facilities, where police services are housed, and gradually was expanded to another twelve (12) points – Services. Since 2019, the implementation of the program has been fully implemented and since then, until today, it has been applied to police services throughout the Mainland and Crete. The entire process of implementing the program has essentially been an innovation in Public Organizations given that, for its implementation, not only is the state budget not burdened, but with the reciprocal benefit of €0.03, offered by the company, for each recyclable packaging, a significant amount of money is collected. The resulting reciprocal benefit is initially transferred to the Orphan Children Account, which is kept at the Hellenic Police Foundation for Care and Excellence, a fact that demonstrates the social face of the action. Furthermore, in addition to the financial support of this sensitive social group, the entire action was originally intended to in activating or awakening the ecological consciousness of the personnel of the Hellenic Police and the adoption of habits that protect the environment. The entire project was implemented for the first time in a Public Entity and served as a model for subsequent Public Entities that joined a similar program.


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Impact on Society

Initially, the program contributed to the development of the ecological awareness of the staff for the protection of the environment. Clear instructions have been given on the method and purpose of recycling packaging at source, which seem to be adhered to by the majority of the participating Services. Furthermore, the reciprocal benefit resulting from the delivery of recyclable materials significantly strengthens the above Account, transforming into practice the social dimension of the program's implementation. Indicatively, the total amounts per year are shown in the following table:

                                                                                      TABLE I - PACKAGING
          MONTH                                                                                        YEAR
                                     2018             2019           2020           2021            2022            2023             2024            2025           2026

  1. JANUARY               0             52.761         86.703        141.604       147.906        230.673        190.511       164.653       113.864
  2. FEBRUARY             0             52.550        155.173       140.815       165.804        183.495        230.534       157.180       148.206
  3. MARCH                  0             50.377        118.019        190.637       159.482        189.636       146.877        175.006    
  4. APRIL                    0             54.323        119.558        172.875       104.255        187.593       196.139        177.973    
  5. MAY                       0             66.738        144.732        141.972       197.632        247.018       173.775        169.698
  6. JUNE                  39.365        70.914         170.462        232.899       218.504        237.926      235.973        195.866    
  7. JULY                   71.258        95.137         223.416       195.521       180.773        244.992       220.844        177.480    
  8. AUGUST             67.763        94.482         185.047        235.417      187.534        195.247       233.990        130.661    
  9. SEPTEMBER       84.977       154.850        153.210       179.716       125.341        204.817       187.126        118.855    
  10. NOVEMBER        60.411        167.064        158.555       141.032       153.005        271.112       199.284        180.626    
  11. DECEMBER        44.689        175.074        174.115        150.291      174.372        136.260       152.156        108.929    
  12. T O T A L:         438.734      1.149.813     1.989.188     2.167.981    2.032.699     2.565.491    2.377.325     1.983.271    

        GRAND TOTAL:   14.704.502

 



Initiative Location

The reward recycling program is implemented throughout the mainland and Crete, in police services as well as in police academies.


Working with Organization

RETURNABLE RECYCLING S.A.


Workers Participation

All personnel of the Hellenic Police in all Services where the incentive recycling program is applied


Benefits for Οrganization

Initially, the program contributed to the development of the ecological awareness of the staff for the protection of the environment. Clear instructions have been given on the method and purpose of recycling packaging at source, which seem to be adhered to by the majority of the participating Services. Furthermore, the reciprocal benefit resulting from the delivery of recyclable materials significantly strengthens the above Account, transforming into practice the social dimension of the program's implementation. Indicatively, the total amounts per year are shown in the following table:

                                                                            TABLE II - RETURNABLE BENEFIT
                                                                                                    YEAR
            MONTH           2018           2019             2020             2021            2022            2023             2024            2025            2026

  1. JANUARY         0,00 €      1.582,83 €     5.601,09 €     4.248,12 €    4.437,18 €    6.920,19 €    5.715,33 €    4.939,59 €    3.415,92 €
  2. FEBRUARY      0,00 €      1.576,50 €      4.655,19 €     4.224,45 €    4.974,12 €    5.504,85 €    6.916,02 €    4.715,40 €    4.446,18 €
  3. MARCH            0,00 €      1.511,31 €     3.540,57 €     5.719,11 €     4.784,46 €    5.689,08 €    4.406,31 €    5.250,18 €    
  4. APRIL              0,00 €      1.629,69 €     3.586,74 €     5.186,25 €    3.127,65 €    5.627,79 €    5.884,17 €     5.339,19 €    
  5. MAY                 0,00 €      2.002,14 €     4.341,96 €     4.259,16 €    5.928,96 €    7.410,54 €    5.213,25 €     5.090,94 €    
  6. JUNE            1.180,95 €    2.127,42 €    5.113,86 €     6.986,97 €     6.555,12 €    7.137,78 €    7.079,19 €    5.875,98 €    
  7. JULY             2.137,74 €   2.854,11 €     6.702,48 €     5.865,63 €    5.423,19 €    7.349,76 €    6.625,32 €     5.324,40 €    
  8. AUGUST       2.032,89 €   2.834,46 €     5.551,41 €     7.062,51 €    5.626,02 €    5.857,41 €    7.019,70 €     3.919,83 €    
  9. SEPTEMBER 2.108,13 €   3.466,29 €     6.005,94 €     7.356,06 €    6.542,73 €    7.101,66 €    6.303,48 €     6.790,32 €    
  10. OCTOBER     2.549,31 €   4.645,50 €     4.596,30 €     5.391,48 €    3.760,23 €    6.144,51 €    5.613,78 €     3.565,65 €    
  11. NOVEMBER  1.812,33 €    5.011,92 €     4.756,65 €     4.230,96 €    4.590,15 €    8.133,36 €    5.978,52 €     5.418,78 €    
  12. DECEMBER  1.340,67 €    5.252,22 €     5.223,45 €     4.508,73 €    5.231,16 €    4.087,80 €    4.564,68 €     3.267,87 €    
  13. TOTAL         13.162,02 €  34.494,39 €   59.675,64 €   65.039,43 €   60.980,97 €  76.964,73 €   71.319,75 €  59.498,13 €   7.862,10 €
  14. GRAND TOTAL    448.997,16 €



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