720 liters of wild garbage were collected by nine helpers from the Langenpreisinger initiative “Unfairmüll” in just two hours along a one-kilometer stretch of road before the entrance to Wartenberg.
The sheer volume of rubbish terrified the volunteers.
Wartenberg / Langenpreising - The cleaning campaign, which was carried out by individuals or persons in a household in accordance with the corona, took place on Saturday morning between the roundabout to the Wartenberg local access and the bridge over the Middle Isar Canal, about a kilometer away.
There the volunteers collected tons of take-away and plastic packaging, 25 returnable and schnapps bottles as well as countless cigarette boxes and butts.
As a warning, the garbage bags remained stacked at the roundabout over the weekend.
Lisa Gadenne-Wurzbacher, initiator and co-founder of the “Unfairmüll” initiative, explains that it was time for such an action in addition to the routine cleaning of the building yards and Ramadama campaigns by the municipalities: “The snow covered our beautiful landscape for many weeks .
But not only this, but also the immense amounts of littering garbage, especially along the route taken on Saturday, which was not chosen by chance.
With the warmer temperatures, the litter became so clearly visible that we had to tackle the problem. "
Motivated, the volunteers reached for their rubbish grabs to pick up every little piece of rubbish.
"When things are going to get tedious in places, I always say to myself: Not our garbage, but our planet," explains Gadenne-Wurzbacher.
Because the longer this wildly disposed garbage remains lying around, the more difficult it becomes to dispose of it.
Materials made of plastic and styrofoam are particularly problematic.
"Both disintegrate, aided by the effects of the weather, into small individual parts, the so-called microplastics, even with slight contact, and can no longer be completely absorbed," explains Gardenne-Wurzbacher.
Instead, it remains in nature with all the pollutants it contains and may even find its way into water.
“Garbage that is carelessly thrown into nature can end up in sensitive ecosystems and, as science is increasingly pointing out, even become part of our food chain,” says the “unfair garbage” initiator.
Since 2018, the volunteers have therefore been concerned with avoiding single-use plastic as much as possible, giving tips on avoiding waste and organizing regular campaigns to free nature from rubbish.
If you are interested in joining, you can contact us by email at info@unfairmuellt.org or via Facebook.
As a welcome gift there is a small wooden rubbish gripper.
By the way, the next public Ramadama campaign in the Wartenberg market will take place on March 20th - with the active support of the “Unfairmüll” initiative.
GABI ZIERZ
