The district center Kotelnich gathered a large number of regional government leaders, representatives of public organizations and Kirov region media to the launch of a new production line at Prozhektor LLC, the only enterprise in our region founded and owned by the All-Russian Public Organization "The All Russia Association of the Blind (VOS)".
One of the most well-known due to plastic bottles polymeric materials - polyethylene terephthalate – is used to produce monofilament. These bottles become ordinary garbage after using, thus, posing a threat to the environment. Now, consumption waste has been used and has been given a second life - in the form of monofilament of varying thickness, demanded in the manufacture of brushes. "Projector" has launched this production with support of specialists from VyatSU Institute of Chemistry and Ecology and VyatSU Engineering Center.
First, this is a new high-tech production, contributing to the growth of gross regional product. Secondly, a step towards improving the environmental situation in the region and surroundings. And, finally, new jobs for people, including six visually impaired persons, - Valentin Pugach, VyatSU Rector said.
Issues of socialization and employment of visually impaired persons became a key during the round table, where the Vice-President of “The All Russia Association of the Blind (VOS)” Vladimir Sipkin, President of Kirov Regional Branch of VOS Sergey Alekseev, Director of “Projector” Company Victor Bydanov, Head of Kotelnich Andrei Lykov participated.
Marina Luchinina, head of VyatSU Department of Social Work and Youth Policy, and Nyadezhda Lapteva from VyatSU Resource Learning and Methodology Center (RLMC) for teaching people with disabilities, shared their work experience of and provided samples of the equipment used.
