President Salome Zurabishvili accepts EU Ambassador's challenge and shows how she helps minimise waste. Photo: President's press office
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has accepted the challenge of the European Union Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell and showed how she is helping to minimise waste in the country.
President Zurabishvili released a video on her official Twitter page on the World Environment Day, June 5.
Today, for #WorldEnvironmentDay and to respond to @CarlHartzellEU’s challenge, my administration and I used recycled tires to make chairs for our palace. I’m sending the same challenge to @DavitKirvalidze, @NataMenabde, and the @GeorgianRugby team. #გარემოსქმნიშენ???? pic.twitter.com/1M5681uDpd
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) June 5, 2019
Stressing that public interest towards environmental issues is growing, the EU Delegation hopes that even more people will join the waste minimisation challenge.
We love the idea and challenge all of you to show us how you try to minimise waste”, it said.
Here are rules for participation:
1. Accept the challenge
2. Take a video/photo (2-3 minutes max)
3. Upload the video/photo
4. Challenge 3 people
Ambassador Hartzell has challenged President Zurabishvili and two other officials in May.
Waste Minimisation Challenge is on! Everyone can do small things for the environment. Here's what I do!
— Carl Hartzell (@CarlHartzellEU) May 6, 2019
I have challenged:
????@Zourabichvili_S
????Minister Davitashvili @agricultureGEO
????@kkuchava
to show how they minimise waste!https://t.co/wxyzXKKWj6#youcreateenvironment pic.twitter.com/nmtW8tPcbk
The EU delegation calls on everyone to contribute to reducing waste and offers some methods to do so: