They have already collected 1,200 tons of waste from Slovak rivers. They exhibited it in famous fountains, where, paradoxically, people mind more than in nature
A project was created a year ago Let’s not let it float in the Water Management Company and the cooperation of the retail chain. In one year, they caught a lot of plastic waste. A small part of it was exhibited by well-known fountains, in order to find out whether the inhabitants are not hindered by such a garbage dump, similar to the one in the wild, where we secretly throw it away. “If people are bothered by garbage in a fountain, then why not in a river?” Such a question is asked by the initiators of the action.
Don’t leave volunteers from the Don’t Let It Swim initiative, more than a half-ton of plastic waste that continued to float in the Danube riverbed. “Plastic waste bothers us in the fountains. But it should bother us in our nature and in our rivers.” said Tomáš Bezák, a spokesman for the Lidl retail chain. The waste stored in the fountains should keep bystanders and shake them. “To evoke in them completely targeted emotions that they will mind “ explained Tomáš Bezák.
The event, in cooperation with a water management company, takes place in Trenčín and also in Bratislava – Ružinov.
“Ružinov is very close to the water. On the one hand, we have the most beautiful lakes here – Štrkovec, Zlaté piesky. We also have almost 10 kilometers of the Danube coast.” said the mayor of Ruzinov, Martin Chren. The employees of the water management company hunted waste not only from the Danube. Initiative Let’s not let it float in one year of its existence, it did not allow about 1,200 tons of mostly plastic waste to float in Slovak rivers.
“It would not be possible without our employees, who, in addition to their legal duties, collect this waste,” Bocák said.
“It is still true that especially in the east of Slovakia, where the lowest level of environmental awareness is the situation is really bad,” said a spokesman for the chain Lidl. The planned backup of PET bottles from 1 January 2022, as well as the people themselves, could also help in part.
Source: noviny.sk/TVJOJ