Bouchons roulants
The initiative “bouchons roulants” launched in 2009 by arenciel continues to stimulate the public and educate children and adults about sorting and recycling trash. Every 500,000 bottle caps collected and turned in provides arcenciel with the bestowment of a wheelchair. Make it a habit!
Which bottle caps to collect?
Which not to collect
The initiative “bouchons roulants” launched in 2009 by arenciel continues to stimulate the public and educate children and adults about sorting and recycling trash. Every 500,000 bottle caps collected and turned in provides arcenciel with the bestowment of a wheelchair. Make it a habit!
In 2009 arcenciel launched the pilot project: “bouchons roulants”. This project contains a double objective: on one hand educate the Lebanese general public on the importance of sorting and recycling trash from the source in order to preserve the environment, and on the other hand, to provide the bestowment of wheelchairs.
The principal idea behind the « bouchons roulants » project involves inciting the general Lebanese public to sort out and collect plastic bottle caps and turn them in to arcenciel which in turn, sells them to the recycling factory. Every 500,000 caps collected and sold endows arcenciel with a wheelchair or other equivalent social service. This project has resulted in very satisfying results, influencing a large number of individuals, families, schools, enterprises and public administrators.
- Clean bottle caps
- Caps from consumables, such as bottles or plastic containers without the actual container itself (water, milk, soda, mayonnaise ketchup, yoghurt, coco powder, instant coffee…)
- Caps from household products, such as cleaning detergents, laundry soap, cloth softener, bleach etc… with the exception of vaporizers which contain metal springs.
Which not to collect
- Dirty bottle caps
- Caps soiled by hazardous chemical substances (medicines, detergents, disinfectants)
- Caps from oil bottles or containers (such as engine oil and cooking oil etc..)
