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We protect water quality and ecosystems from pollution by doing regular clean-ups in various places, from beaches to harbours, to forests and down town. Students do this mostly for extra study credits, but anyone is welcome to join if they want. This way we are contributing to the "Covenant Schone Schelde" a promise signed by HZ and 34 other organisations to keep the river Scheldt clean!

Why we organise the Clean-Ups that we do:

BEACH CLEAN-UPS

Beach pollution is awful to look at, as this is where we humans want to spend our free time. What sometimes gets overlooked though, is that the beach and dunes are also an ecosystem – nevermind the sea! It would be like your neighbours throwing their trash into your garden. The issue is that trash in the sea especially will break into smaller and smaller pieces making it easier and easier for animals to eat or ingest by accident.

CITY CLEAN-UPS

Sometimes the lack of infrastructure is the issue. Local municipalities are actively working on this, but individual solutions can also inspire – shout out to the Vishandel Middelburg that installed an ash tray in their backside street to combat the hundreds of cigarettes that we used to find there on the ground.

CIGARETTE CLEAN-UPS

Speaking of which, sometimes the lack of policies is the issue. Policy for smoking and cigarette disposal is well on its way, at least in the Netherlands. For instance, did you know that the «Smokefree Generation» tiles are part of a national campaign from when it became illegal to smoke on school grounds all the way back in 2020?

SUP BOARD CLEAN-UPS

Sometimes the lack of awareness about the problem is the issue. This is why we started the Stand Up Paddle Board Clean-Ups – a super visible and fun way to show people what we are doing, and hopefully inspire others.

ALONG THE CANAL

There are two reasons why we do clean-ups along the canal through Walcheren.

1) In march the water level is lowered so that tractors can go on the field and artificially fertilize the soil, which is damaging to the soil and the water quality. But it does allow us to get trash further in the canal. And,

2) We do clean-ups before the province mows the grass in July, such that the trash doesn’t get shredded by the mower.

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-Twice a week, volunteers from ''Doe Mee Verlos de Zee'' can be found cleaning the beaches.
+'''We protect water quality and ecosystems from pollution by doing regular clean-ups in various places, from beaches to harbours, to forests and down town. Students do this mostly for extra study credits, but anyone is welcome to join if they want. This way we are contributing to the "Covenant Schone Schelde" a promise signed by HZ and 34 other organisations to keep the river Scheldt clean!'''
-* Every Wednesday morning (starting at 10h), they can be found at the beach of Dishoek around beach pavillion Kaapduin.
-* Every Friday afternoon (starting around 14.00-14.30h), they can be found in Vlissingen at Nollestrand and Badstrand.
-* Want to join them? Just come spontaneously. It could happen that on a certain day you can't immediately find a volunteer from Doe Mee Verlos de Zee. In that case, you can just start yourself. Make sure to bring a bag to collect your waste. You can put all waste in the large metal bins from Doe Mee Verlos de Zee or in the normal bins on the beach.
-[[Bestand:2019-nCoV-CDC-23312 without background.png|links|kaderloos|33x33px]]
-During the ''Covid-19 pandemic'', clean-ups can still continue safely. It's an outdoor activity and we are cleaning in a group of 3 people and we keep the 1,5m safety distance.
-You can also just do your own cleanup. Good locations where lots of waste can be found are around the canal between Middelburg and Vlissingen, De Buitenhaven in Vlissingen, around HZ Middelburg in the park, and around Supermarkets. Or just select a location in your neighborhood you like to make clean and look nice!
+=== Why we organise the Clean-Ups that we do: ===
-If you link this to HZ Personality, make some pictures as proof of your activity. If you need the hours to be signed, contact us via HZ email (greenoffice@hz.nl)
+===== BEACH CLEAN-UPS =====
+Beach pollution is awful to look at, as this is where we humans want to spend our free time. What sometimes gets overlooked though, is that the beach and dunes are also an ecosystem – nevermind the sea! It would be like your neighbours throwing their trash into your garden. The issue is that trash in the sea especially will break into smaller and smaller pieces making it easier and easier for animals to eat or ingest by accident.
-If you want to borrow a "prikker" from us, let us know via flec0001@hz.nl or greenoffice@hz.nl, or contact your local municipality.
+===== CITY CLEAN-UPS =====
-[[Bestand:Amels schoonmaakactie vismijn-9.jpg|links|kaderloos|356x356px]]
+Sometimes the lack of infrastructure is the issue. Local municipalities are actively working on this, but individual solutions can also inspire – shout out to the Vishandel Middelburg that installed an ash tray in their backside street to combat the hundreds of cigarettes that we used to find there on the ground.
+===== CIGARETTE CLEAN-UPS =====
+Speaking of which, sometimes the lack of policies is the issue. Policy for smoking and cigarette disposal is well on its way, at least in the Netherlands. For instance, did you know that the «Smokefree Generation» tiles are part of a national campaign from when it became illegal to smoke on school grounds all the way back in 2020?
+===== SUP BOARD CLEAN-UPS =====
+Sometimes the lack of awareness about the problem is the issue. This is why we started the Stand Up Paddle Board Clean-Ups – a super visible and fun way to show people what we are doing, and hopefully inspire others.
+===== '''ALONG THE CANAL''' =====
+There are two reasons why we do clean-ups along the canal through Walcheren.
+) In march the water level is lowered so that tractors can go on the field and artificially fertilize the soil, which is damaging to the soil and the water quality. But it does allow us to get trash further in the canal. And,
+) We do clean-ups before the province mows the grass in July, such that the trash doesn’t get shredded by the mower.[[Bestand:Amels schoonmaakactie vismijn-9.jpg|links|kaderloos|356x356px]]
 [[Bestand:Amels strand (VERLOS DE ZEE)-22.jpg|kaderloos|366x366px]]