About 10,000 volunteers participated in the “Let’s Do It campaign” which was organized as part of World Environment Day on Thursday.
During the campaign garbage was collected in bags of four different categories: tin & metal, paper, glass, and plastic.
Parliamentary spokesman, Sibel Siber (below left), Turkish Ambassador in Nicosia, Halil Ibrahim Akça, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Hamit Bakırcı, were among the many officials who participated in the clean-up campaign.
Previously published: Northern Cyprus’ president, Dervis Eroglu, participated in the environmental platform entitled (Let’s do it). The environment Platform aims to keep the country clean by locating and collecting garbage.
In the meeting, the president urged all the citizens to be part of the campaign and stressed the importance of cleanliness.
Eroglu said: “Environmental degradation has reached a level that interferes with every one of us. It is very important that the community becomes united for this cause, I invite all citizens to join the campaign on the 5th June at the World Environment Day.”
Eroglu said that all of the President’s staff will be available on June 5th to make its contribution in cleaning the country.
Previously published:
Posters for “Let’s Do It” junk challenge campaign has been set up, which encourages people to participate in the international event next month. The clean-up, organized by Environment Platform, is held on Thursday, June 5th, from 8:00 to 1:00 p.m. and volunteers are welcome to join in. To participate, visit http://www.letsdoitnorthcyprus.com for more information. Note: the page is only in Turkish so make sure you have someone there who can translate.
In the picture below you can see the five cities that comes first to “tackle the junk.”
