Created by YouTuber fishermen, this Toulouse association promotes waste collection
By Lucie Fraisse
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Clean the rivers and streams of all the waste that clutters them: this is the ambition of Clean River Teaman association created at Toulouse who has been working for several years for the collection of garbage in fresh water.
Created by youtuber fishermen
“The association was created by YouTuber fishermen, says Pascal Levigne, one of the founders and president of Team river clean. on view more and more waste during our fishing trips, we said to ourselves that something had to be done. »
It was in 2018. Since River Clean Team has spread throughout France and now has 7,000 members. And antennas in the DOM-TOMs, in Canada and Belgium. All the local groups regularly organize waste collection operations in the waterways of their respective territories.
In the conurbation, events of this type are thus regularly organized along the Garonne or Touch.
“Sentinels of the Water”
“Fishermen are very sensitive to the preservation of nature. We are water sentinels, we want to act on waste before it reaches the seas and oceans.”
And to do this, the association has created a 7 liter bag, foldable and reusable, made from recycled plastic bottles and easy to pick up waste. “It is aimed at fishermen, but also at joggers, walkers… In short, at anyone who wants to do something for the cleanliness of waterways. The bag is sold both to associations and to individuals.
A necessity for Pascal Levigne. “I’ve been a fisherman for many years, and it’s getting worse and worse. There are more and more wild dumps. Tires, household appliances, plastics, even dead animals in plastic bags… We find everything and in ever-increasing quantities. »
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