Photo: PromoEco cooperative legalized the employment relationship of informal waste collectors and received the support of the initiative "EU for the Green Agenda in Serbia" for this idea. With the money received, together with their own capital, they bought recycling machines
The news that the European Union has given support to the Eco cooperative Konekt klin Roma group within the initiative "EU for the Green Agenda in Serbia" which was announced today, could be said to be old news.
Namely, in order to find out what kind of support we are talking about, Kilino Stojkov, the founder of Eco Cooperative, said that he has another good news, that they are collaborating on a new project with the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Belgrade, the Institute for General Physical Chemistry and the Association of Citizens for a Healthy Municipality Stara Pazova within the program "EU for the Green Agenda in Serbia" implemented by UNDP. He is still not allowed to talk about the project in detail.
Eco cooperative Konekt klin Roma Group included informal waste collectors in the organized recycling system, with the aim of improving their position and including them in the organized recycling system. In short, the Eco cooperative legalized the employment relationship of collectors.
Photo: Tanjug"Our collectors and cooperators of the cooperative can now, as a legal entity, collect secondary raw materials in a completely legal way. Through the contract on joint production, we recycle the materials they bring to our plant and sell them on the market at a higher price than they would get if they were sold on the gray market," Kilino Stojkov told the "Vremena" portal.
He explains that "with the new regulations that prohibit the purchase of raw materials for cash, the work of collectors is much more difficult. However, we overcame this situation by opening bank accounts for some of our collectors."
The members of the Eco cooperative produce copper and aluminum granules from old cables, which are in great demand.
"Aluminum and copper granules, products obtained by recycling cables and coolers, are part of our offer. Our granules are used in various industries, from electronics to the production of new pipes and wires, you have a lot of information on our website."
Thanks to the aforementioned financial support from the EU, says Kilian Stojkov, which was 50.000 euros, "we acquired Italian machines worth about 100.000 euros, while the rest of the funds were provided by the Cooperative through private capital." They work on the principle of material separation."
The cooperative currently cooperates with more than 30 subcontractors for waste collection. The fact that informal collectors supply Serbia's recycling industry with more than 87 percent of raw materials indicates their key role in this process.
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"When I talk about the legalization of recycling, I am talking about the need to introduce tax incentives for informal collectors, to provide these people with health insurance, which is very important. I want to achieve that informal collectors become part of this big system"
