Society
ROMANIA
Let’s do it, Romania!
By Iulia and Georgiana
“Let’s do it!” is a civic movement that
started from Estonia, where people all
over the world joined a series of local,
national and regional clean-up events.
“Let’s do it!” started in 2008 and by the
end of 2011 more than 2.5 million people
had participated in “Let’s Do It!” including
Romania.
Saturday, September 28, each of us can
pull an alarm signal and can go out to
clean. Campaign volunteers have already
discovered dirty areas, many of them
cleaned last year. Unfortunately, people
continue to throw garbage. In recent
years, volunteers have gathered a total of
two million tons of garbage. And at the
end of the day teams must announce
where they left the garbage, so the
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sanitation companies can come and pick
it up.
Students in our school have been taking
part in this campaign for the last three
years. Not only is it our duty to keep the
city and the country clean, it is also an
opportunity to work together for a good
cause.
This year volunteers have proposed to
recycle 40% of waste collected
selectively. In the last three editions of
“ L e t ’ s d o i t R o m a n i a ”, 6 5 0 , 0 0 0
Romanians declared war to waste. This
activity aims to attract the attention of
people who throw garbage in places other
than those specifically arranged.
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