Residents of the Karaganda region are urged to take part in the World Cleanliness Day

In Karaganda, Temirtau and Karkaralinsky district on September 16, mass clean-up days and eco-events will be held to coincide with the World Cleanliness Day (World Cleanup Day). The campaign is aimed at drawing public attention to the importance of nature conservation and the formation of ecological culture.

In Karaganda, those wishing to join the Purity Day are expected at 10 a.m. at the Cascade Fountain (47, Bukhar-zhyrau Ave.). The bus will take the volunteers to the square near the old airport (104/1, Gudermesskaya Street). It suffers from garbage left by vacationers and residents of nearby houses.

In the Karkaraly district, young eco-volunteers from Temirtau schools will have to clear a forest plantation near the Zhosaly sanatorium. This place is known to many Karaganda residents. People come here to relax and improve their health. But, unfortunately, after vacationers there is a lot of garbage. And if it is regularly cleaned on the territory of the sanatorium, then it has been lying in forest plantations and steppes for years.

Eco-activists urge other residents of the region to join the action "World Cleanliness Day" and hold clean-up days in their settlements.

World Cleanliness Day is the largest international public action that unites millions of volunteers to clean up their cities, villages, etc. The action originated in Estonia in 2008, when the "Let's Do It!" movement and 50 thousand volunteers cleared the country of 10 thousand tons of garbage in 5 hours. A few years later, monitoring showed that the contamination of territories after mass cleaning decreased by 75%.

The action received an international status and began to take place regularly every third Saturday in September. Participants register on the international portal (https://www.worldcleanupday.org /).

Over the past years, more than 50 million people have taken part in the campaign. It is expected that more than 197 countries and 71 million volunteers will participate in the cleaning this year.