2023-08-02 01:24:55
He LIBERA projectthe environmental initiative of SEO/BirdLife y Ecoembescalls on travelers who travel this summer on the roads not to throw waste out of the window into the gutters, due to the pollution it causes in natural spaces and to avoid litter.
The petition is part of the campaign developed together with the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), Littering on the road never leads to a good placeaimed at the almost 9 million drivers that the General Directorate of Traffic expects to travel on Spanish roads during these days.
LIBERA Project warns that waste left in ditches can cause fires, due to poorly extinguished butts and that the remains of glass can cause the “magnifying glass effect” that leads to fire
Thus, the LIBERA Project also warns that waste left in ditches can cause fires, since poorly extinguished butts pose a direct risk of fire and the remains of glass can accumulate light at one point and cause the “magnifying glass effect” that gives place to ignition.
On the other hand, the accumulation of garbage also increases the risk of floodingAs it can clog the water channeling routes and prevent its proper functioning, and even be a danger to drivers and passers-byas they are remains on the road that must be avoided and therefore can become the cause of traffic accidents.
9 million long-distance journeys planned by road for this summer
The coordinator of the LIBERA Project at Ecoembes, Sara Güemes, has requested citizen collaboration during the 9 million long-distance journeys planned by road for this summer: “We make this appeal to citizens to be responsible and not throw garbage from their vehicles. It is very important to maintain good habits, wherever we go, not only for Respect for those environments and the people who inhabit thembut because of the damage that our rubbish causes to all natural spaces”.
To avoid situations like these, LIBERA has provided a form for the population to point out “the black points of garbage”an accumulation of waste left in nature and that cannot be collected by volunteers due to its weight or volume, while urging them to notify the corresponding authorities so that they can take care of its disposal.
“The environmental education is the best tool to correct the habit that is so disrespectful of the natural environment that throwing waste from vehicles implies”, recalled the coordinator of the LIBERA Project at SEO/BirdLife, Miguel Muñoz, who points out that some studies point to a 60 percent reduction in abandoned waste in the ditches in the United States after 50 years of national campaigns warning of the problem. “You have to persist with this message,” she insists.
Every year in Europe between 2 and 9 million vertebrates are killed by vehicles and a large part of them as a result of garbage deposited on shoulders or ditches
The coordinator of the LIBERA Project in SEO/BirdLife, has also pointed out that, although there are “gaps in knowledge” about it, every year in Europe between 2 and 9 million vertebrates are killed by vehicles and a large part of them as a result of garbage. deposited on shoulders or ditches.
“Many of them, carrion birds mainly, they are attracted by the organic remains thrown by the occupants of the vehicles. It is not only an environmental problem, but also in the Extremadura highways, in 2022se there were four accidents a day due to the running over of fauna.”, Muñoz pointed out.
#MiPuebloSinBasuraleza
Within the framework of awareness, LIBERA has the initiative #MiPuebloSinBasuralezaaimed at citizens and municipalities that receive a good part of the summer tripsso that they value their natural heritage and raise awareness in society about the great value of natural environments to maintain them litter free.
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