SUSTAINABILITY Chairman of the Executive Board
BIO SOAPS SANIDA KAPO KLARIC LEADS THE WAY FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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ithin the project Acceleration of the Circular Economy 2021, which is implemented with the support of SIDA and UNDP Serbia, Bio Idea for Sustainable Development in cooperation with eYs SDGs WORLD COUNCIL, organized free workshops from July 6-9, in the premises of the city centre for social entrepreneurship Belgrade, for unemployed women with the aim of spreading knowledge about the production of ecological hygiene products from used kitchen oil for frying. The goal is to stop throwing away the oil we use in the kitchen, to produce useful soaps from it that replace conventional hygiene products that are based on petroleum products. Three groups of 15 unemployed women each had the opportunity of theoretical and practical workshops on the topics of climate change, circular and inclusive green economy and technology of making ecological soaps. Beneficiaries of the program receive manuals with technology and recipes as well as innovative pots with a zeolite filter for collecting used cooking oil. During August, a new cycle of workshops will be organized in Belgrade, and in September, trainings will be held in Sjenica - a municipality located in an ecologically protected area. We invite and encourage individuals and local communities to
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