On August 9, Youth Cooperation Center of Dilijan NGO conducted a one-day training on waste management and reduction in the Republic of Armenia with the support of Eastern Partnership.
A group of active young people participated in the training, and got aware on the harmful effects of waste on the environment, as well as all the possibilities of waste management and recycling in Armenia.
During the training, the participants had the opportunity to gain knowledge, which will help them to distinguish and sort the waste correctly.
Hripsime Mkrtchyan, physicist and the founder of “Eco Aghb” NGO, and Narine Piloyan, pedagogue, biophysicist, and the leader of “Bnaserner” group, conducted the training. Waste is a non-usable material generated as a result of human household and industrial activities, which pollutes the environment and has bad effect on human health.
To prevent the harmful effects of waste on the environment and on human health, they are collected, sorted, temporarily placed in specially designated areas or recycled.
