March 16th, 2009 @ kadraoui
Recycling for Charity partnered with the Equestrian and Horse Racing Club of Bahrain to promote and implement a recycling initiative and sponsor the Recycling for Charity Cup.
Recycling for Charity used this prestigious equestrian event as a platform to increase awareness about the benefits of recycling to provide a healthy environment for future generations and encouraging racing fans to actively recycle the waste in bins placed around the track. This was the first time ever that a recycling station was placed at a large public event to help people understand recycling and how it can benefit everyone, the country and the planet.
Mr. Boris Uhlig, Chief Executive Officer, Recycling for Charity said, “We received an overwhelming response at the event with everyone from jockeys to kids to racing fans bringing plastic bottles, cans and paper to the recycling station as their contribution to save the energy and conserve the environment. Encouraging recycling at large-scale events is not only good for the environment but also reduces disposable costs. We will be participating in many more public events across the Kingdom in the coming months.”
The excitement continued with a raffle draw organized during the day that handed out cash prizes worth BD 50 to six lucky winners, receiving an overwhelming response from the audience. As some of the winners were not present to collect their cash prizes, Recycling for Charity will be donating BD 200 to a charitable organization.
The Organization sponsored two Recycling for Charity Cup’s for the second and third race (in a series of six racing events) which was awarded by Boris Uhlig, Chief Executive Officer, Recycling for Charity to Wellington (Al Montasir, A Smith, Hassan Al Saffar) and Act Waif (Fawzi Abdulla Nass, Fawzi Nass, Eddie Ahem). There was even additional cash prizes of BD 1000 and BD 2000 respectively which were given away to the winners.
Recycling for Charity is a Bahrain-based organisation providing specially approved containers to communities and organisations where recyclable resources can be deposited. These will be emptied regularly and Recycling for Charity will process the waste and finally sell it to the local and world market. For every tonne collected Recycling for Charity will donate to local charity organisations.
Tags: Equestrian, Horse Racing, Press Releases, Recycling for Charity