A BOX FOR THE COLLECTION OF WASTE PAPER...
WE CAN'T PLANT A TREE IN OUR APARTMENT, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST PUT A BOX FOR WASTE PAPER...

refuse dumps in Split, 2006.....
In 2006 Split threw away about 70 tons of waste paper every day...

A BOX FOR THE COLLECTION OF WASTE PAPER
shape of paper box: 70 x 27 x 36 cm

I designed the box and promoted its use, because the responsible officials in the city showed no interest in the collection of waste paper. They considered that the citizens of Split were not ready, and had no interest nor wish to collect separated paper.

A short time after a paper factory accepted the proposed box and its concept, showing that the responsible city officials had not been correct, this cardboard box could be found at the entrance of practically every house in Split and later also in some other Croatian cities and islands. It thus became a sign of the presence of ecological conscientiousness in a city that daily threw away about 70 tons of paper, whilst at the same time the paper industry in Croatia was importing old paper.

This method of collecting is willingly used by citizens, because it also enables older people to collect paper, which can then be picked up just by calling a telephone number which is printed on the box. Also printed on the box are a slogan and messages about the ecological, economical and energy uses that are realised from the collection of waste paper.

According to information from the factory that collects paper, 1,700 tonnes of paper for recycling were collected in the city of Split in 2003 with the help of this box (which I created and designed in 2001)

In 2004-2006, the administration of PAN paper did not want to give me information about the amount of collected paper!?

TEXT ON THE BOX:

PAPER ONLY
When the box is full please call:
091 562 0665
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BY COLLECTING WASTE PAPER
we save the forests
we don't pollute the water
we save energy
we reduce the amount of refuse at dumps

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The following are necessary for the production of one tonne of paper:
TWO TREES
240,000 litres of water and
4,700 kWh of energy

For one tonne of recycled paper
NOT ONE TREE IS NECESSARY
and only
180 litres of water and
2,750 kWh of energy
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by collecting waste paper, we can reduce the quantity of refuse by up to 30%
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35 TREES WERE CUT DOWN YESTERDAY
IN ORDER TO PRINT ONE EDITION OF A
DAILY NEWSPAPER
If we collected waste paper, we would be able to
use recycled paper to print
not only TODAY'S edition, but also
TOMORROW'S EDITION

boxes at the entrance to houses in Split..

boxes at the entrance to houses on island Hvar..

a box in an office..

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home..... hrvatski ................................................................................................................. travanj 2001. - 2006.......

TOMISLAV LEROTIĆ

1984 - received a diploma in free graphics at the Fachhocschule für Gestaltung in Kiel.
1984 to 1987 - guest lecturer at the Fachhocschule für Gestaltung in Kiel.
From 1997 - lecturer in the department for the design of visual communications of the Arts Academy of the University of Split.

From 1989 - worked not only on free graphics and solar and kinetic objects, but also on the creation of viable initiatives and projects, such as:
energy conservation: NEGAWATTS TO MEGAWATTS
the encouragement of the use of renewable resources: The SUNCEVA LIPA fund
the reduction of the volume of waste: A BOX FOR THE COLLECTION OF WASTE PAPER
the identification of newspapers: OLD NEWSPAPERS - NEW PAPER