OŠ Meša Selimović from Zenica winner of the "Collect Swity, Protect the Environment" campaign

OŠ "Meša Selimović" from Zenica is the winner of the waste collection campaign called "Collect Swity, Protect the Environment". Representatives of the fruit and vegetable processing plant Swity d.o.o. from Gradačac presented the winning school with valuable IT equipment – a laptop, projector, and screen, and the best class - III 1, was gifted school supplies, reports the BH News Agency Patria.

The project, in which students collected empty Swity juice packaging in Tetra Pak cartons, lasted from May 1 to June 20 this year and included primary schools in several cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

- The campaign was supported by all students and staff of the school, and the collection of Tetra Pak packaging was organized by classes. The students of our school collected 1154 Tetra Pak packages in this campaign. The most successful class was III 1, which collected 147 Tetra Pak packages - stated Amir Zukić, principal of OŠ "Meša Selimović" from Zenica, thanking the representatives of the Swity company for the donated equipment.

The representative of the winning class, student Bakir Razić, told us that this was an interesting competition, and at the same time "a great way to protect nature, and also to drink quality juices in our diet. We are glad that our class won, although the competition with other classes was uncertain. We are happy that our school also won a valuable award as the most successful in this project".

Teacher Gračić Amra, who teaches in class III 1, pointed out that all students participated in the project, and that they achieved an educational, as well as an educational-entertainment component through the realization of this project.

- I think we have fulfilled all three goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of the campaign. We have achieved strengthening of ecological awareness among students, then strengthening awareness about buying domestic products, and strengthening awareness among the youngest about the need to consume healthy juices as part of a well-designed diet, because it is known that we in Swity juices use exclusively fresh fruits and vegetables in the production process of controlled quality. All juices are without preservatives and sweeteners, because most sweeteners that can be found in juices marketed in our country are not appropriate in the diet and some of them are banned in the EU - said Merim Stupar, brand manager at Swity d.o.o.