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ORT received an award from Repapel for the design of teacher and student workbooks

November 27, 2019
In addition, thanks to the ongoing sorting efforts at our university, in 2019 we donated 4,835 notebooks, 500 reams of A4 paper, 17,280 rolls of toilet paper, and 1,905 sheets of recycled cardstock to public schools.
Notebook Covers_End-of-Year Collection by Repapel

Universidad ORT Uruguay an award from Repapel for the notebook cover designs created by Prof. Gustavo Maca Wojciechowski, a faculty member in the Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design program, and Agustina Babic and Sofía Tucci, senior students in that program; this initiative was made possible thanks to the existing partnership between Repapel and ORT.

The awards ceremony took place on November 14, 2019, at the Zorrilla Museum as part of the organization’s annual closing event. Representing ORT were Inés Tiscornia, M.A., and Alberto Bolatto from the Recycling team.

Repapel is an organization dedicated to education for sustainable development, which seeks to bring about meaningful changes in consumption and disposal habits and patterns—as drivers of environmental and social impact—through awareness-raising, education, and training.