School desks, in Oristano a volunteer association makes them, free of charge, from recycled materials.

He became one of the waste - symbol of the pandemic. The expense for the single-seater desks It got out of control, but the worst thing is that so many of them were purchased, and not used, that now we can't even dispose of them. In Sicily alone, as we explain in this article, there are over 200 thousand benches rotting in some warehouse.

SCHOOL DESKS MADE FROM RECYCLING

The mistake that caused this enormous waste was probably made during the planning stage. Rather than purchasing new, single-seat desks, it was necessary recycle the old ones Or create others by reusing materials. Like the volunteers of the Domus Oristano OdV Association, whose activities are based on social projects aimed at reducing waste.

ALSO READ: Single-seater desks, where they were rejected and where double the necessary number arrived

SCHOOL DESKS MADE FROM RECYCLING

The association Domus Oristano It managed the city's public dormitory for six years, and then launched the No Spreco Or project to recover surplus food. When the pandemic reached its critical stage in 2020, the Domus Oristano Association worked with the Reuse Center to create single-seater desks to distribute to local schools using recycled materials. "Given the current emergency and the difficulties all schools faced in adapting to the new conditions for in-person learning, we tried to make ourselves useful by offering our experience and expertise to the community," explains Gigi Piredda, president of the Domus Oristano Association. The results were excellent: thousands of desks were delivered, and a chain of waste was averted.

The project is competing for the 2021 Non Sprecare Award, in the "Schools" section. To submit your projects, follow the instructions provided. here.

THE PROJECTS COMPETING FOR THE 2021 NON SPRECARE AWARD:

• Social tailoring, born in Milan in a former lap dance nightclub
• A hypermarket for the poor opens in Mestre, the first. Free clothing, groceries, and furniture are available in 3,600 square meters.
• marGnet Project: Marine plastic collected by fishermen becomes fuel for their boats.