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Nature-conscious up the mountain: “Zero-waste tour” on the Heiglkopf

2021-07-27T17:10:42.647Z


More and more day trippers are storming the mountains in the Isarwinkel and Loisachtal. And they leave a lot of waste behind. In order to raise awareness of this problem, Tölzer Land Tourismus and Alpenverein invited to a "zero waste tour" on the Heiglkopf.


More and more day trippers are storming the mountains in the Isarwinkel and Loisachtal.

And they leave a lot of waste behind.

In order to raise awareness of this problem, Tölzer Land Tourismus and Alpenverein invited to a "zero waste tour" on the Heiglkopf.

Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen - The district is truly blessed with beautiful nature.

The numerous people looking for relaxation, who love to go on excursions in the region, see it that way.

But not all behave as it would be desirable.

In order to draw attention to the topic of the garbage problem on the mountain, Tölzer Land Tourismus, the DAV sections Tölz as well as Munich & Oberland and the Bad Tölz district office invited to the “Zero Garbage Tour” on the Heiglkopf on Monday.

Corona lockdown has once again increased the number of visitors

Wackersberg's Mayor Jan Göhzold, who spoke the introductory words, made it clear how current the problem is. "We have a lot of problems in Wackersberg, not only with the garbage, but also with other legacies and parking." The rush of visitors already existed before the lockdowns, said Franz Steger from the Lower Nature Conservation Authority. But the crisis intensified the trend again.

Therefore, one should be grateful for the campaign “Conservation begins with you”, which the district recently started as reported.

The campaign “Giving care” by the DAV Munich & Oberland is in the same direction, as their spokesman Markus Block explained.

"It's about looking after yourself, your partner and nature." For the DAV, it was important to network the regions on the edge of the Alps, "so that we all pull together".

The aim of both campaigns is to raise awareness of nature.

If animals accidentally swallow small pieces of plastic, it can cost them their lives

Alpine farmer Alois Willibald and district farmer Ursula Fiechtner made it clear what can happen if rubbish is left lying around in nature. If animals accidentally swallow small pieces of plastic, it can cost them their lives. "Whenever I see garbage lying around, I always take it with me," said Willibald. Compared to the past, the popular hiking mountain is now open all year round. This is problematic if grazing cattle are disturbed or trampled through meadows.

The rangers have been on the road for some time as the control authority of the district. As Franz Steger explained, there are twelve of them. “We have been working with information boards for a long time, but it is more important when someone speaks to people personally.” Hans Adlwarth and Laura Schmidt then reported on their work. The latter is responsible for the northern district. "When it comes to rubbish, there is no difference whether you are on the mountain or on the Isar," she said. But there are in terms of the type of visitors. On the gravel banks you can find a lot of broken pieces that come from numerous celebrants. Cigarette butts are also problematic. On their tours, the rangers also recently distributed mobile ashtrays to smokers in order to encourage them not to leave their cigarette butts in nature. "Many are happy about it",said Schmidt.

Not only the non-residents leave their rubbish in the mountains

85 percent of the people approached by the rangers would react positively, said Hans Adlwarth.

“Many are open-minded.” Of course, there are also some unteachable people.

“They also make a fire when there is a risk of forest fires, because it just suits them.” Garbage occurs very selectively, said the Isarranger.

And it is by no means just foreigners who cause pollution in the environment.

In order to bring up the topic as early as possible, the rangers are also on the road with school classes; this is to be expanded even further.

"The key is education for children and young people," said Friedl Krönauer from the Association for Nature Conservation and Wolfgang Konold from the State Association for the Protection of Birds agreed: "The schools need to educate more."

Garbage is also collected on the hike to the Heiglkopf

During the hike on Monday, all participants had received rubbish bags, because the content of the tour also included picking up rubbish.

However, there was actually very little rubbish along the way: isolated dog waste bags and plastic rubbish were kept.

Christiane Danner from the Bad Tölz Alpine Club section also had a suggestion for copying.

You have resolved to take at least one carelessly discarded piece of rubbish with you on every hike.

“I grew up in such a way that you take everything back with you that you have carried up the mountain.” But especially in the past year, the amount of rubbish also increased along with the crowd, as she had observed.

Fruit bowls also take a long time to rot

Markus Block also gave some tips on avoiding rubbish on the mountain. “If you have to go to the toilet, then you should at least take the handkerchiefs with you and bury your business, for example.” Fruit bowls, especially tropical fruits, take a long time on the mountain to rot and should also be taken with you. In order to avoid rubbish, it is best not to take any with you, said Franziska Loth, also from the DAV Munich. For example, by leaving the packaging at home. The Munich section sporadically offers rubbish collection tours on the popular excursion mountains. “They are very well received,” said Loth.

Another appeal was made by Hannah Heither, biodiversity officer at the Bad Tölz district office.

“With every activity outside, we ensure that the habitat for many species becomes smaller.” Be it by leaving paths, by letting dogs run free or by carelessly throwing away rubbish.

Heither: “We can all help to make it different.

After all, we're all outside to enjoy nature. "

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Source: merkur

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