Most plastic bottles collected for recycling in one week
Quién
CIMA KIDS 2012
Qué
39627.42 kilogram(s)
Dónde
Ecuador (Quito)
Cuándo
The most plastic bottles recycled in one week is 39,627.42 kg (87,363 lb 8 oz) and was achieved by CIMA KIDS 2012 at Parque La Carolina, Quito, Ecuador on 27 October 2012. CIMA KIDS is an event organised by three companies - SAMBITO, Maruri and Comefex - to promote environmental awareness amongst children in Ecuador. 109 schools took part in the collection of the bottles which totalled approximately 1,559,002. The bottles were then collected and taken to a central location for weighing by EMASEO, this took six days in total. The bottles have a value of $30,000 once recycled which was donated to Yasuni-ITT an initiative that aims to preserve a national park from oil exploitation. At the time of writing this was the first-ever Guinness World Records record adjudicated in Quito, Ecuador.