Volunteers removed tons of garbage from Kyiv's protected forest

Volunteers removed tons of garbage from Kyiv's protected forest shutterstock
Katerina Belousova

More than 300 volunteers joined the eco-action

In Kyiv, volunteers removed more than 10 tons of garbage from the Holosiiv National Nature Park.

This amount of garbage was collected on the first day of the campaign for the All-Ukrainian clean-up march, the animal protection organization UAnimals reports on its Facebook page.

As you know, ecoactivists on Saturday-Sunday, September 16-17, a cleaning march was held, i.e., 5 protected areas were cleaned of garbage at the same time. People also cleaned other locations, such as parks and forests.

It is noted that more than 300 volunteers who worked for several hours joined the eco-action in the Holosiiv National Park.

"Please invite your friends and colleagues to clean the places you love in your city or village! Together we are capable of fantastic things!", animal rights activists emphasized.

They added that they are also summing up the action on other locations.

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that in Zaporizhzhia, in the Khortytsi beach area, activists removed three eco-stickers "Let's save the Dnipro together!" 15 tons of various garbage on an area of ​​more than 15 hectares.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, in Kyiv in the Mykyl Forest local residents found a lot of old clothes, household garbage, car tires and even the cigarettes of homeless people.

Related
This week’s round-up of environmental crimes: tree felling, environmental pollution and theft of mineral resources
This week’s round-up of environmental crimes: tree felling, environmental pollution and theft of mineral resources

Separately, prosecutors are attempting to return land belonging to the water, forestry and nature reserve funds to the state

As a result of the shelling, petroleum products have entered Kyiv’s lakes
As a result of the shelling, petroleum products have entered Kyiv’s lakes

Staff from the State Emergency Service have set up oil booms to contain the fuel spill

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a mechanism for recording and identifying waste with an unidentified owner
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a mechanism for recording and identifying waste with an unidentified owner

The authorities hope that this will reduce the number of unauthorised rubbish dumps in local communities

The fire has engulfed thousands of hectares of the occupied nature reserve
The fire has engulfed thousands of hectares of the occupied nature reserve

Fires have destroyed areas of virgin steppe containing rare plants