In Oss Saturday morning, the national kick-off is given for the National Day of Cleaning. Led by the Nederland Schroon organization, dozens of volunteers went out with a safety clothing, squeezer, bag, and gloves in the vicinity.
“Clean-up day is not so much about clearing things up, although it is great if it is cleaned up once,” says director Helene van Stephen of the Netherlands Schroon. It’s about children learning that they should not throw anything away. And other people see that the mess they throw away must be cleaned up. Then maybe the next time they think better before they throw something on the street or on the roadside. ”
Nationally, around 130,000 people (wear uniform clothing which sewn-on reflective tapes) have signed up to participate in the National Cleaning Day, but according to the organization many people also participate without having given up. According to Helene van Stephen, the popularity of cleaning up litter is due to the positive appearance that cleaning has.
“People who clean-up waste are no longer people with a community service. Someone who tidies up is doing a good job. It has become a positive thing. ” And the word plastic soup is inevitably linked to the clean-up day. The small plastic that flows through the streams and rivers of the Meuse and eventually the sea must be controlled.
“Why do not the first go with a team of people through the roadside to clean-up litter before mowing,” Menno van deer asks. “All the waste that is there is cut by the mowers, making it much more difficult to clean-up and disappears much easier in the ditch and in the plastic soup.”
It is the sixteenth time that a national clean-up day is being held. According to Nederland Schroon, more and more attention is paid to the outdoor areas. The mayor of Burgos Woodbine Boils also, armed with reflective vest, office chair, squeezer and garbage bag, cleaned up. , I have a dream, and that is that we once keep a national clean-up day, but the children are all very disappointed because we cannot find any more waste. ”