"Wastewalk": Bocholt cleans itself up

For the sake of nature and the environment: Bocholt is once again organising a city-wide waste collection in which citizens, clubs and groups can participate.

The spring sun motivates us to spring clean. It's not just your own four walls that need cleaning, the city and countryside also need a spring clean. The waste advisory service of the waste disposal and service company of the city of Bocholt is once again calling for a city-wide rubbish collection. It starts on Saturday, 23 March. Waste can be collected whenever you have the time and inclination. The waste advice centre will equip all interested voluntary waste collectors.

How the "Waste Walk" works

"As many people are drawn out into nature in spring, the commitment to do something for the environment is also high. We support this with the so-called "Waste Walk"", explains ESB waste consultant Petra Tacke. Anyone and everyone can take part. The "Waste Walk"" is deliberately not tied to a specific date. The ESB's waste advisory service will be handing out collection packs to interested parties from 19 March. Each collection pack contains gloves, bin bags and a small surprise.

Support from organisations

The waste advice centre receives support from numerous Bocholt clubs. The clubs that regularly take part in the "Dirt Away campaigns receive large quantities of materials such as gloves and bin bags from the ESB.

Around 3,000 participants took part in the "Bocholt rubbish walk" last year. "It would be great if we could maintain this number to rid Bocholt of rubbish", says waste consultant Tacke. "The commitment of the many participants in Bocholt is enormous. It is collected as "plogging", i.e. picking up rubbish while jogging, with children on an adventure walk or on a regular dog walk - the ideas are many and varied."

Registration

Groups, neighbourhoods or clubs with more than ten people are asked to register their participation in advance. This makes it easier to prepare the necessary materials. Smaller groups and individuals will receive a collection pack from 19 March at the recycling centre. Registrations can be sent by email to petra.tacke(at)esb.bocholt(dot)de or by calling 02871 953-34 24.