Participants of the environmental initiative Plastic Cup have removed approximately 70 tons of contamination from the river Tisza. To avoid further pollution and to preserve restored areas in their favorable condition, international cooperation became more important than ever.
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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On 3, September 2019, the Upper Tisza Zero Waste Project was launched in Vásárosnamény, with the participation of János Áder, President of the Republic, Dr. Sándor Pintér, Interior Minister and István Láng, Director of the General Directorate of Water Management.
The result of this year’s first monumental floodplain cleaning event was that the PET Cup team collected 35000 plastic bottles on the Upper Tisza.
Numerous areas polluted by litter as result of human inattention perturb the beauty of natural habitats and watercourses of Transcarpathia. In order to eliminate these landfills, we need to know their location and size.
Many believe that PLASTIC Cup is only one week in the summer and during the rest of the year every Plastic Pirate is waiting impatiently for the next summer. With this article, we would like to show that this is not true and at the same time say thank you to the close-knit and anytime ready volunteers
After two very successful and effective roundtables in Hungary on the topic of Transcarpathia, this round table is going to gather 30-40 participants from all relevant target group, with the aim of developing a list of priorities.
The sixth PLASTIC Cup last week attracted record breaking number of participants at the Upper Tisza river, Hungary. The traditional clean-up event was organized between Szatmárcseke and Tiszamogyorós this year, and unfortunately it broke all previous records.
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.
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