11 thousand volunteers, seven hundred natural areas were scanned and dozens of tons of garbage were removed. telegram summary. ‘1m2 against garbage’ campaign of ‘Libera’ ProjectBy SEO/BirdLife in alliance with Ecoembes, developed over the weekend across Spain and aimed at raising public awareness of the impact of waste on natural areas.
Citizen mobilization to eliminate garbage (waste produced by humans and abandoned in nature) has reached all Spanish communities and, according to the organizers, two autonomous cities.growing concern of society about environmental problems“.
The campaign includes the following actions: garbage collection in natural terrestrial, river and marine environmentsIncluding many great ecological values such as the Gargante de los Infiernos nature reserve (Cáceres), Guardamar beach (Alicante); Las Marismas Negras (Cantabria), Las Caletillas beach (Fuerteventura); natural area of Doñana (Huelva); Maruxento (Pontevedra) forest park or Lake La Ercina (Asturias).
As every year, the campaign has received the institutional support of the Reina Sofia Foundation and Her Majesty’s. Queen Doña Sofia joins the waste collection unit in Boadilla del Monte (Madrid)once again demonstrates its commitment to the preservation and protection of nature and the loyalty of the entity bearing its name.
The ‘Libera united against garbage’ project was born in 2017 to prevent the consequences of litter left in natural areas in Spanish ecosystems.. It was created by SEO/BirdLife, Spain’s leading environmental NGO, in partnership with Ecoembes, an environmental non-profit that promotes the circular economy through packaging recycling.
Transition to circular economy
The aim of the initiative was and still is. raising awareness and mobilizing citizens to declutter natural areas and so “release much more life for biodiversityFor this, Libera’s supporters “suggest a comprehensive approach to the problem along three lines of action: information, prevention and participation“.
This large network of volunteers and organizations that Libera has promoted over the past five years is already more than 100,000 participantsThis sixth citizen mobilization against garbage was key to the organization this past weekend.
At the same time, an awareness campaign, moving towards a circular economy in this edition that turns all waste into a new resource support of scientific, educational and informative organizations great prestige.
They also attended the appointment. Business Along with dozens of city councils such as P&G, Freixenet, PepsiCo or Adolfo Dominguez town halls Like the towns of Burgos, Santander, Almansa (Albacete) or Inca (Balearic Islands), national parks like those in Guadarrama or Cabrera and hydrographic confederations Like the ones in Guadiana and Tagus.
Miguel López, organizational director of SEO/BirdLife, said the community is “increasingly aware of the garbage problem” and that pollution produced by human waste in the natural environment “severely affects biodiversity and our own health”.
“This environmental issue needs to be tackled and for that, in addition to this important awareness that we have made from the Libera project to make it visible, it is essential. change the model of production and consumptionsaid Lopez.
“An unstoppable citizen movement”
‘1m2 against garbage’ campaign unstoppable citizen movement. We are citizens who are more and more alert every day, who are disturbed and damaged by garbage in nature. “And we’re mobilized to put an end to this,” said Óscar Martín, CEO of Ecoembes.
“One more year, the Libera movement has shown that garbage is everyone’s problem and we are all part of the solution“Especially thanking Queen Sofia for her participation, Martín added, thinking that her support is “fundamental for making visible the work we do to improve natural spaces.”
Libera’s latest report, corresponding to 2021, highlights some of the successes of this campaign. underline By 2021, more than 100,000 people and more than 1,900 public and private organizations have participated, collecting more than 430 tons of garbageMore than 600,000 residues have been characterized, which are effective at more than 4,700 locations across Spain.
Responsible for Libera, ‘rubbishIt has reached “milestones of great importance in terms of its reflections on the use of Spanish”, which was created to open the issue of abandonment of waste in nature to public discussion. Thus, academics, writers, columnists, institutions, the media, and all types of citizens have absorbed the term into their vocabulary and have served to “draw attention to it”. silent disaster gradually reaches most of the natural areas”.
“Basuraleza” is even featured on the website of the Fundación de Español Urgente (Fundeu): “Some environmental organizations have coined the word ‘basuraleza’, an acronym for garbage and nature, to refer to waste produced by humans abandoned in nature. It changes ecosystems. Garbage will therefore be the result of ‘garbage’.
Libera Report 2021: https://proyectolibera.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MEMORIA-LIBERA-resultados-2021-interactiva-def.pdf
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