Who?
Who brings the caps to their destination?
Who helps in this entire action?
Who can I contact for a lecture at school?
In principal, everybody can collect caps for this support action. Individuals, schools, associations, companies, hospitals, homes ...
Especially children involve themselves enormously in this action!
The caps are brought to a collection point.
After being checked, the caps go to the factory. This is done by a number of volunteers from the BCGD.
Sending caps by mail is no use! This is really too expensive. To give an example: a package with 2kg of caps has a value of nearly €0.44, but costs more than €7,00 ...
The sorting starts with you when plastic caps from drinking bottles are collected. Each intermediate collection point should normally check the caps again.
This lessens the work for the volunteers who get to check huge amounts of caps before they can go to the recycling company.
It also lessens the amount of waste that piles itself up at the end and causes disposal problems ...
For this, the BCGD is still looking for people who volunteer to help sorting the caps in the area of Tongeren. Are you interested, please contact them (see Contact).
This action is almost completely carried out by volunteers.
The choice of packing is made by the collector. The caps can be stored in plastic bags, but also in boxes. It is, however, our intention not to produce additional waste ...
The recognized collection points can obtain empty sacs when the drivers of the BCGD pick up the caps.
At a lecture the emphasis is placed on life with visual impairment and a guide dog, not at the caps. However, the action is mentioned briefly.
Maybe you know a guide dog-user from the BCGD and you can ask them directly. They will contact the Center immediately.
If you don’t know anybody, you are welcome to put your question to the BCGD itself. There are a number of people with visual impairment who are very committed to giving children an insight into living with this disability.