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.

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