Volunteers across Czechia participate in litter-picking campaign for World Cleanup Day

On the occasion of World Cleanup Day, volunteers from all over the country are participating in the Let's Clean Up Czechia campaign, which invites people to help pick litter in natural areas, cities and villages in order to draw attention to and combat the growing global solid waste problem. Schools, children's homes, youth and sports groups, environmental organisations, volunteer firefighters and some private companies are all getting involved.

The event has been organized by the non-profit Ukliďme Česko (Let's Clean Up Czechia) regularly since 2014. At the beginning of April this year, the campaign attracted a record number of people. According to Miroslav Kubásek from the association, the organisers gave out 130,000 garbage bags and 160,000 pairs of gloves.