Ukraine's victory over garbage: the previous achievements of the eco-action

Ukraine's victory over garbage: the previous achievements of the eco-action facebook.com/letsdoitukraineeco/
Katerina Belousova

Even Ukrainians living across the border joined the event

Tens of thousands of participants in 24 regions joined the World Cleanup Day in Ukraine, cleaning up more than 1,200 official locations.

As of 12 o'clock on September 17, 192,000 kg of garbage were collected, part of which was sent for processing, reports the public organization Let's do it, Ukraine on Facebook.

In particular, eco-responsible citizens of Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the team of Mariupol National and Kherson State Agrarian and Economic Universities joined the action.

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The organizers will tally the results of the 2022 cleaning day in Ukraine on October 1, 2022.

The article noted that the people of Kyiv actively participated in the initiative. Thus, KMDA and district state administrations held joint meetings with coordinators and actively prepared locations for safe cleaning during the month.

The community, together with utility workers and guests of the city, removed 1,628 tons of garbage at 42 locations in 10 districts of the capital. 1802 people simultaneously joined the event at different locations and 114 pieces of equipment were involved.

In addition, Ukrainians even abroad joined the international event to thank the host cities.

"One of the largest locations of Ukrainians abroad was organized in Barcelona, ​​during which eco-conscious Ukrainians and Spaniards cleaned 5 local beaches of garbage within two hours. The Ukrainian community actively participated in the following countries: Poland, Germany, Italy, Ireland, the Czech Republic and others," the report said.

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that Ukrainians were called on September 17 to join the world cleaning day, who will come under the slogan: "Let the sky be peaceful, and Ukraine be clean!".

As EcoPolitic previously reported, the head of the Ministry of Environment, Ruslan Strelets, said that Ukraine is finally starting to overcome the accumulation of garbage thanks to plans for construction of 2 modern waste processing plants in Kyiv region.

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