Environment
AN environmental sustainability group, Let’s Do It World (LDIW), is set to muster millions of volunteers globally ahead of the 2022 World Clean-Up Day.
The group disclosed this in a statement signed by its network coordinator for Africa, Mr Gafar Odubote, on Friday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the World Clean-up Day is the outcome of a massive volunteer initiative, pioneered in Estonia in 2008, where 50,000 volunteers cleaned their homes in five hours.
Let’s Do It World is a non-governmental organization that coordinates and supports the global movement, inspiring and empowering leaders to raise awareness and move countries towards sustainable solutions.
This year’s commemoration is slated for Sept.17 and millions of volunteers in 191 countries will unite to clean their countries of waste pollution in a single day.
The group said,“The global civic-led action will unite local communities worldwide battling with the challenges of mismanaged waste, such as litter and illegal dumpsites, which is tarnishing their beaches, rivers, forests, and streets,”.
Heidi Solba, President and Head of global network of (LDIW), noted that the “World Clean-up Day harnesses the power of people around the world to achieve incredible things by coming together for a waste-free world that will change the course of human history.
“The World Clean-Up Day demonstrates how people in local communities can unite with a singular objective of making their environment clean and waste-free,”
The group said it would mark the day in Nigeria by cleaning up Akoka community in Lagos.
According to the group, Green Talk,a talk to sensitise residents on sustainable lifestyle and preservation of the environment is one of the activities lined up for the clean-up exercise. (NAN)
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