Volunteers help with trash clean-up in parks
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 06 May 2014 15:13
After the three-day May Day holiday, Ningbo's major tourist attractions received a total of 100,000 visitors, who also left tons of trash for the local custodial staff to clean up. The good news is a group of volunteers is initiating a trash pickup via microblogging and Wechat.
Mr. Zhang, the starter of the volunteer program, said that they wish to "help raise awareness of environmental protection among tourists" through their volunteer work.
Tom, an international teacher working in Wanli University also joined the volunteer team. Having been working in China for one year, Tom has a hobby of cycling around Dongqianhu Lake in his spare time. Together with his Chinese friends, he helped picking up trash in the park.
Till last Sunday afternoon, trash left on both sides of the road around the lake had been cleaned up. Working staff have been working to tend the lawn trampled by visitors. According to Mr. Xin, a gardener in Dongqianhu Lake, some tourists had barbecue and picnic on the public lawn, leaving litter and trash. Besides, some bushes near curbs were crushed by tourists' cars. However, Xin expressed his gratitude to the volunteers who offer help in cleaning up trash. "I’d like to thank the volunteers. They helped us a lot," he said.
