Sweeps on Islands today continued

Both the beaches and the waters around the Islands to get today cleanings to get rid of the huge amount of junk out of the containers from the vessel MSC Zoe are cases.

So go one hundred volunteers on the island of Terschelling dunes and the beach cleaning and resume about as many soldiers on the island of Schiermonnikoog the cleanup work.

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All the Islands are contaminated because in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday 270 containers overboard in the beat of a cargo ship. Goods in the containers were packaged in styrofoam and plastic. "The clean up is really handicraft by all of the small plastic that is washed up", says a spokesperson of the organizations that the action of organizing, including The North sea Foundation.

organized clean-ups

The soldiers on the island of Schiermonnikoog made yesterday about three kilometers of beach clean. In addition to this, the government (Rijkswaterstaat) a opruimactie on Rottumeroog, Rottumerplaat and Zuiderduin. To stuff out of the water and sail vessels, from the ports of Harlingen and Lauwersoog.

it is Feared that there is still more stuff will wash up, as the next week is storms.