Pafos Live 1 March 2024
Almost sixty tons, 57 to be precise, of cooking oil that would otherwise end up in the sewers and the SAPA unit, were collected last year by schools in the city and district of Pafos participating in the relevant program.
Tiganokinisi is an educational, environmental program for the collection of used cooking oils that is successfully implemented in more than 400 schools in Cyprus. Through Tiganokini, frying oil is converted from waste to biodiesel and resources are given for environmental education actions and support of environmental infrastructure for schools and students throughout Cyprus.
The B primary school of Geroskipou collected the largest quantities last year by putting in its fund, for these actions, an amount of money of almost €900, according to the representative of the NGO AKTI Anna Tselepou. Tiganokinisi started with a pilot application in 2011 in 10 schools, of all levels. The program is under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and is implemented in collaboration with the Ministry, the Pedagogical Institute and the Non-Profit Organization AKTI, Center for Studies and Research.
In recent years, according to Ms. Tselepou, "Sievron" has been one of the main sponsors of this important program, in which entrepreneurs and restaurant owners have also contracted as part of their social responsibility.
