Water The VI. Regional Tisza Roundtable was held on 13rd September 2021, in Tokaj, as the final chord of the II. Bodrog Plastic Cup and the Interreg DTP Tid(y)Up project, by the Association of Environmental Enterprises and the Filmjungle Association.
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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In Budapest a pilot project is launched to recover plastic and other waste streams from the Danube.
The PLASTIC Cup initiative, and its volunteers, the Plastic Pirates assess waste pollution along the entire Tisza River. Their activities affect all countries (Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia) in the Tisza water catchment area.
The IX. Upper-Tisza Plastic Cup fleet, consisting mainly of veteran teams, cleaned the 60-kilometer section of the river between Tiszabecs and Vásárosnamény-Gergelyiugornya from another 6 tonnes of waste.
The Filmjungle.eu Association is organizing the Upper Tisza Plastic boat waste collection competition for the ninth time.
5 tons of trash is picked from Tisza-lake at the first Plastic Cup competition of the year from Tiszafüred until Kisköre.
Three trash competition were announced this year by Termeszetfilm.hu Organization, founder of Tisza River Plastic Cup.
Even though Hungary lags behind the EU average in terms of waste recylcling, at least two bottles of a six pack mineral water still find their way in the selective bins.
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