A thousand points in natural spaces will benefit this Saturday June 3 from the work of thousands of volunteers who will participate in the seventh edition of the day for the removal of waste in the natural environment ‘1m2 against garbage’, organized by the Libera project, of SEO/BirdLife in alliance with Ecoembes. The call has -with data collected until Tuesday the 30th- with 949 collection points and “more than 15,000 liberators” registered, according to the organizers, referring affectionately to the people who selflessly participate in this civic and environmental action.
This year’s call has participants for characterization points (to study the problem of waste in nature) and collection in places such as the El Campillo Lagoon (Madrid), the Lagunas de la Mata-Torrevieja Natural Park (Alicante) , the Monfragüe National Park (Cáceres) or the banks of the Guadalquivir river (Seville).
This year, among others, there will be 131 points created by the public administration, with organizing councils such as Villablanca (Huelva), Fuengirola (Málaga), Boadilla del Monte (Madrid) or Elda (Alicante); 60 from educational centers, 17 points organized by LIBERA Sponsorships, 212 created by companies and 365 from different organizations or associations.
In addition, this seventh edition of ‘1m2 against garbage’ brings together the participation of collaborating organizations such as divers from the Marine Watch Network, the Spanish Red Cross, the Man and Territory Association, the Brown Bear Foundation, the Association for the Defense of Nature and the Resources of Extremadura, the Spanish Sports Association, Alnitak, Mater, the Spanish Youth Organization, the Association of Southeast Naturalists and 6 hydrographic confederations.
“Another year we went out into nature to shout for her. The action that will take place next Saturday is a call to attention to our model of production and consumption. We must reduce the generation of waste in the first instance and, in addition, be responsible for the place where it ends up. Carrying out a circular economy is the responsibility of all people, and what we cannot afford is for nature to receive what we have left over, contaminating it and affecting numerous species and habitats,” says Miguel Muñoz, coordinator of the Libera Project. in SEO/BirdLife.
In the words of Sara Güemes, coordinator of the Libera Project at Ecoembes: “At Libera, we are proud to continue advancing and raising awareness about the importance of keeping our natural environments clean. At Libera, we believe that although garbage is not one’s responsibility, it is everyone’s problem. We are all part of the problem, but we are also part of the solution. Thanks to the participation of volunteers, town halls, associations and all the collaborators of this campaign, we can investigate, find solutions and address the environmental problem of garbageâ€.
In the last edition of ‘1m2 against garbage’, more than 12,000 volunteers gathered simultaneously. Thanks to all of them, 104 tons of garbage were removed from 711 natural spaces in all the Spanish provinces.
All the information about the campaign, how to join and support it, as well as its different ways of participating, are available at https://proyectolibera.org/proximos-eventos/
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