A successful partnership is sealed in Forward Green, the country’s first exhibition on Circular Economy. TIF-HELEXPO implements the #gopafree cigarette butts recycling program as a “smart” and innovative green practice in collaboration with Cigaret Cycle NPO, which operates it.
By participating in this program, TIF-HELEXPO exhibitions are certified as Cigarette Waste Management Events.
At Forward Green 2023 exhibition, Cigaret Cycle will present the evaluation of its program so far, and the partnerships in Northern Greece, in a special event entitled, “You can be one too #gopafree” on Friday, June 9, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. (Stage | Pavilion 15). Partners who have adopted and implement the cigarette butts recycling program will attend and testify their experience and their initiative to participate. (Cigaret Cycle is also participating as an exhibitor at Stand 15 | Stand D13).
The special bins for recycling that were placed during last year’s TIF in the outdoor areas of the exhibition center have been increased, with the goal that in 2023 the number of cigarette butts that will be collected will exceed 50,000 (last year’s count). The environmental footprint of the #gopafree program for the period of the 86th TIF in 2022, is valued at 12kg of fertilizer used in floriculture and at 38kg of raw material for new environmentally friendly industrial products, while 350 m3 (cubic) of water – fresh or salty – were saved from cigarette butt pollution.
Cigaret Cycle NPO was founded in December 2019 with an orientation towards environmental protection, circular economy, and sustainable development, while in 2022 it has been awarded the Gold Award for the Environment. It gives particular importance to places and events with a lot of visitors, which results in the largest collection of cigarette butts for recycling.
More information on the cigarette butts recycling program can be found on the Organization’s official website www.cigaretecycle.org as well as on social media (Facebook / Instagram / LinkedIn).
