Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Environmentalists clean beaches on the Southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

The result of last year's beach cleanup was hundreds of kilograms of collected waste
Photo: LessPlastic Bulgaria

Non-governmental organizations are cleaning two of the beaches on the Southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. 

The Clean Christmas campaign under the motto "A Clean Home for the Inhabitants of the Black Sea" is being organized for the seventh consecutive year within the framework of the WIND2WIN initiative to clean up the Black Sea.

For two consecutive days, environmentalists from LessPlastic Bulgaria and the Akasha Surf School are organizing the cleaning of the Arkutino beaches - on December 28 and in the town of Ahtopol on the 29th. The organizers' goal is to give a gift to nature during the holidays, between Christmas and New Year, just as we give gifts to our loved ones.

Last year, when 96 people participated in the campaign, over 580 kilograms of waste were collected on Arkutino beach alone. Between 10 and 15% of all waste comes from Turkey and Romania, which ends up on the Bulgarian beaches through sea currents or is thrown away during shipping.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgarians in Albania need state support in order to preserve their national identity

"You say you are Bulgarian, but you do not know Bulgarian" – this reproach from officials in Bulgaria has been faced by quite a few by our compatriots from the historical Bulgarian communities around the world. One of them is Bledar Alterziu from..

published on 12/2/24 4:05 PM

Dina Djevali from Syria: I have lived through utter misery, nothing is difficult for me in Bulgaria

The survival of millions of people around the world, living in conditions of war, hunger, disease and immense despair, is at stake every day. We often approach immigrants from such countries with hostility rather than understanding. What they have..

published on 12/2/24 1:01 PM

Bulgarian high school students fight disinformation

Modernizing critical thinking skills, fact-checking skills and media literacy are essential for society, especially for young people in Bulgaria - the country with one of the lowest media literacy indices in the EU, reports the educational platform..

published on 12/1/24 5:05 AM