This year's – altogether for the sixth occasion – 10-day waste picking derby at river Tisza will take place between 4-12 August 2018 on 70 km from Szatmárcseke to Tiszamogyorós, combined with a Transcarpathian pre-race in the days before the Cup.
PLASTIC CUP
The waste pollution on river Tisza is a huge environmental problem! The PLASTIC Cup, this non-profit, non-governmental initiative, was created to eliminate this problem. This environmental action contributes to clean river Tisza by organizing events, waste collection campaigns spanning several months, team-building activities, exhibitions and professional discussions throughout the year. Our three main goals: conservation of living waters, water sports promotion (kayaking, canoeing) and community building.
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Similar to the Plastic Cup and inspired by it, teams of young people built boats of various sizes and other objects, such as palm trees, using plastic bottles and other wastes.
Our latest action was the cleaning up of a four hectares area of Nature 2000 floodplain forest covered mainly with plastic bottles. In three days, we collected 1200 bags of litter from the spot along the river Tisza between Vásárosnamény and Tiszaszalka.
The Filmjungle Society – which has been surveying, monitoring and cleaning the protected floodplain forests...
An independent laboratory conducted first a microplastic examination in Hungary.
The PET Cup sailors once again proved this summer that with cooperation, determination, creativity and hard work, it's possible to clear a record amount of waste from the Upper Tisza.
Tisza is among the main rivers of Europe; it is Hungary's second largest waterway and the longest Danube tributary. Boating on the river at the Ukrainian–Hungarian border, near the town of Zsurk, offers a rare “Amazon River feeling” owing to its muddiness and incredible width.
This year, PET Cup pirates will build their boats in Szatmárcseke before they set out on a journey that will cover almost 100 kilometers.
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