In Perm, volunteers collected over 10 tons of garbage in the small rivers valleys
Photo by Vitaly Koksharov Within the «Spring Clean Cup-2023» eco-activists carried out a trash-cleanup action organized in «Clean Games» in the valleys of the rivers Danilikha, Uinka, Zelyonka. Over 400 people took part in the «Spring Clean Cup».
As reported by the Department for Ecology and Nature Resources Management of the Perm City Administration , “Clean Games” is a team competition for collecting and sorting the garbage collected from natural territories with its further delivery for processing. In Perm the «Clean Games» have been organized by the city’s eco-activists since 2017.
According to preliminary information, 287 people from 56 teams took part in the «Clean Games» in the valley of the Danilikha River. As a result, a total of 679 garbage bags were collected containing approximately 6 tons of waste. The «Clean Games» in the valley of the Zelenka river btought together 112 people from 32 teams, who collected a total of 361 garbage bags containing 3.7 tons of waste, of which 504 kg are large debris, 1 ton of car tires, 36 aluminum cans, 150 bags of glass, 73 bags of plastic, 8 metal bags and 130 mixed garbage bags, 25 batteries.
80 people from 25 teams took part in the Uiinka River Valley, they collected 194 garbage bags, containing 1.6 tons of waste, of which 288 kg are large-sized waste, 126 kg of tires, 34 aluminum cans, 62 bags of glass, 18 bags of plastic, 3 metal bags and 110 mixed garbage bags, 5 batteries.
Over a half of the waste will be recycled at the eco-technopark of «Bumatika» company. The winners of the competition were awarded diplomas and prizes.
The event was supported by the Perm Regional Ministry of Natural Resources and the the Department for Ecology and Nature Resources Management of the Perm City Administration.