Volunteers eliminated over 30 unauthorized dumps in the Vitebsk region during the global cleanup of the planet

September 18, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Over three dozen unauthorized dumps were eliminated by volunteers during the global campaign "Clean Up the World 2012: Let's Do It Together," Tatiana Yasiulina, chief specialist of the Vitebsk Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, told a BELTA correspondent. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and the institution "Center for Environmental Solutions" held the final part of the campaign on September 15, inviting everyone to participate. More than 3,000 residents of the region responded to the call to clean up the planet from garbage: schoolchildren, students, representatives of organizations, public associations, and pensioners. Joint efforts cleaned up forest park areas, public gardens, recreation areas, and coastal strips of the Dnieper and Western Dvina rivers, as well as many lakes. The campaign was most active in Vitebsk, Polotsk, Gluboksky, Ushachsky, Rossonksy, Lepelsky, Braslavsky, and Chashniksky districts. For example, in Vitebsk, fifty volunteers cleaned up a suburban forest area near the Luchesa railway station and removed over 100 bags of garbage. Candidates for public environmental inspectors cleaned up the "Yuryeva Gorka" territory in the regional center. In Braslavsky district, 12 unauthorized dumps were eliminated, and the "Belmont" park, the public garden in Opsa village, and others were cleaned up. In Chashniksky district, 8 dumps were cleared, as well as 6 hectares of forest area adjacent to the Lepel-Orsha highway. In Rossonksy district, 9 dumps were removed, and the coastal strip of Lake Rossono was cleaned up. In Gluboksky district, cleanup work was carried out in the "Dolgoe" and "Dyadok" nature reserves, Zalessky Park, and the park near Lake Velikoye. "Clean Up the World 2012" was launched in early January at a conference in Tallinn. -0-