16 April 2014
Employees of Enakiieve Steel's (EMZ) branch in Makiivka supported the in-company volunteer clean-up event and cleaned the Metallurgov park.
About 130 employees from 15 departments cleaned up the city park with total area of over 10 hectares. The park has not been taken care of during eight years due to other priorities. During the clean-up event the plant's workers collected garbage, cut the dry wood, cleaned the lawns and swept the pavements on the one-hectare space. The volunteers removed 85 cubic meters of garbage and huge amount of dry tree branches.
Sergey Sofiev, Chairman of Kirovskaya district administration:
- There were many architectural forms in this park before, and it was maintained by about 30 people. Now it is not served to the whole extent due to difficult economic situation in the country. That is why we have often involved non-government organizations, schools and plant's workers to clean these territories. Of course, there is still much work to do, but Well Begun is Half Done. I am grateful to the steelworkers for their participation in the clean-up events, including those conducted during the working days. They provide the machinery and themselves take part in cleaning.
Aleksandr Chudnovets, Director of EMZ' branch in Makiivka:
- We have planned to clean up this territory for a long time. We fulfilled this plan partially and we will do it in future to the best of our abilities and whenever possible.
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Yenakiieve Iron & Steel Works is one of the world’s leaders in square billet production. It produces cast billet, rod, and various sections (beams, channels, angles, etc.).
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