Orange t-shirt, gloves and tongs to collect waste scattered along streets, squares, alleys and green areas of our cities. This is the official uniform that will be provided to volunteers who Saturday 25 May will mobilize to take part in a new edition of “Worldsweeper”the event promoted by Crc Foundation to stimulate the active participation of citizens and students in the care of the common environment and the protection of its beauty, involving local municipalities, schools, companies and associations.
The initiative has been organized every year since 2021, on the occasion of World Environment Daywith the collaboration of Civil protection, Anci Piemonte, Uncem Piemonte, Anpci, Erica cooperative, Acem Consortium, Cec, Csea and Coabserand with the patronage ofCuneo provincial school office.
In its first three editions, “Spazzamondo” involved 190 municipalities, with over 50,000 citizens who collected 76 tons of waste, for 95 tons of carbon dioxide saved. Furthermore, as part of the event, 27 municipalities and 51 schools have been awarded prizes so far. In fact, the Crc Foundation makes awards available both for the municipalities with the greatest number of citizens mobilized and for the participating schools.
Also this year i Awarded municipalities there will be nine, three for each population group: less than 500 inhabitants, between 500 and 3,000 and above 3,000. The winners will receive useful prizes for urban cleaning and the maintenance of common goods and spaces. At schoolsInstead, each order and level present will be given a voucher for the purchase of school equipment, based on the number of participating classes.
Also expected awards for companiesthanks to the collaboration with Coldiretti, Confartigianato, Confcommercio and Confindustria: the four companies (one for each trade association) that have involved the greatest number of employees will receive a work of art on the theme of environmental sustainability.
The winners will be awarded in February 2025.
On Saturday 25 May, between 9.30 and 10 am, the participants will meet at the meeting point chosen by each Municipality: they are already almost 15,000 registered citizenswhile I There are approximately 170 participating municipalities in Granda they Registered comprehensive schools 35.
In recent days, a preview of the event dedicated to high schools has already taken place, which saw the mobilization of a thousand students from Cuneo, Saluzzo, Alba, Mondovì and Fossano.
