Outstanding projects:

 

“Women Working from Home Project”

Throughout this project, job sources are generated to women who are the head of the family. They carry out the classification and separation of waste materials, generating their own income without having to leave their homes.

 

“Project for the people deprived of their freedom”  

There is an agreement signed with the Ministry of Justice whereby people deprived of their freedom work in recycling and separation of waste materials. Currently, the project takes place in La Reforma penitentiary center and there are near of 30 people deprived of their freedom, who generate their own income by working on the classification and separation of waste materials.

 

“Educative Tours” 

There is a guided visits calendar to the plant with public of different sectors. Some of them are: Primary school students, high school students, college students, diverse companies and institutions.

 

“General Community Projects” 

The most outstanding project is the partnership job with the Municipality of Mora whom signed an agreement on the biweekly collection of recyclable materials generated by the commercial and residential sector. Currently, the project started in its initial stage in the central district (Colón) and later, it will be extended to more sectors.

 

“Friends of Cocos Island Foundation (FAICO)”

Since 2008, there is a partnership job with the foundation throughout the “Blue Project: Recycling for the good of Cocos Island”. In this project, recyclable materials collection service is offered to companies that wish to donate their waste materials to this noble cause. The funds are used by the Foundation to provide resources to the Cocos Island National Park, World Natural Heritage Site (UNESCO 1997).

In 2009, the project “I recycle my cellular” was implemented whereby recycling boxes are placed in interested companies. These companies can dispose their cellular telephone in disuse to recycling at the same time as they collaborate with the Foundation.

Cell phone recycling box

Click here if you want more information about the Foundation and the mentioned projects:

www.cocosisland.org