Imagine this: you’ve brought a bottle of water, a coffee in a paper cup, a napkin, and an apple with you to the cinema. After the screening, out of habit, you toss everything into one bin and forget about it in a moment. But the environment definitely won’t forget. A plastic bottle will “live” for at least 400 years, polluting the soil and air. And if it ends up next to something like an apple or coffee grounds in a landfill, it could even catch fire!
An apple, plastic, and paper together? That’s a bad mix. So this year, we’ve decided to show you how to send each of them on the right solo trip — and turn them into valuable resources.
Before the festival, together with the Recycle team, we’ll set up sorting stations at the Zhovten Cinema to give most waste a chance at a second life. Used cardboard, for example, can be turned into office paper, and plastic can become raw material for a new T-shirt. To make that happen, just throw your trash into the properly labeled bin.
To send waste on its solo trip, the festival will have five sorting stations: three in public areas for the audience, and two more in service areas for the team.
We sort the following categories:
Plastic
Glass
Paper/Cardboard
Other waste
To keep their journey on track, we recommend checking the sorting rules in advance.
Where to find the sorting stations?
Station #1 is located at the entrance of the Zhovten cinema.
Station #2 is in the lobby on the first floor, near the stairs going up.
Station #3 is in the lobby on the second floor.
What’s next?
Where will the waste go? Oh, they’re in for an amazing journey with their own kind — and maybe even a new life!
Every evening, all the waste fractions will be collected by Yura, the Recycle courier, and taken to the sorting facility. From there, each will go its own way — the waste for recycling, and Yura will head home.
After the festival, we will share how much waste was collected and how much was successfully transformed into a valuable resource.
See you at the festival!
The 22nd Docudays UA is held with the financial support of the European Union, the Embassy of Sweden in Ukraine, International Renaissance Foundation. The opinions, conclusions, or recommendations do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union, the governments, or organisations of these countries. Responsibility for the content of the publication lies exclusively with the authors and editors of the publication.
