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NIKIN Clean Up Day: the community collected 158kg of rubbish!

In the Swiss cities of Basel, Bern, Lenzburg and Zurich, NIKIN worked with the community to collect and dispose of 158 kilograms of waste last Saturday. The action took place as part of the worldwide Clean Up Day. For every kilogram collected, we are now planting one Tree. Why there will be 218 trees and not "only" 158, you can read in the blog.

A total of 50 people from the community volunteered to collect litter from the streets of Basel, Bern, Lenzburg and Zurich with NIKIN last Saturday. Throughout the day, the hardworking Cleanup Day Heros picked up 158 kilograms of litter, which was then delivered to recycling stations and work yards. In Basel we collected 14kg, in Zurich 40kg, in Bern 28kg and in Lenzburg 76kg of waste. The Clean Up Day is a worldwide day of social action to rid the environment of waste.

Symbolic image Clean Up Day

Action promotes appreciation 

The focus was not only on collecting, but also on sorting, for example in Basel. Many people did not know beforehand that medical packaging is sorted separately by hand from the rest of the cardboard. Accordingly, there was a lot of appreciation for the work of a waste collector. NIKIN Team member Fabia says: "It was incredibly exciting to see what a waste collector does every day and I think this profession should be given more recognition. 

Passers-by say thank you 

The feedback from passers-by shows that the action was appreciated. Those who helped reported spontaneous compliments such as "It's really cool that you do this" and people who thanked you for collecting the rubbish. As promised, NIKIN, in cooperation with One Tree Planted, is now planting a tree for every kilogram. K. Müller AG, which had collected the rubbish for us in Zurich, is also donating another 60 trees, as they want to make a contribution to reforestation. We would like to thank them for this additional commitment as well as our community and the team for their great work! 

The blog inspired you? You think the action is cool? Every day can be a Clean Up Day. Just pick up the litter from the ground the next time you see it! 

Group sorting rubbish

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