Volunteers of the Clean Arctic environmental project have completed the cleaning of Tiksi village, Russia's northernmost port located beyond the Arctic Circle, the project's press service reported.
"Cleanups within the framework of the Clean Arctic project in Tiksi have been taking place since 2021. Federal volunteers are participating in them for the second time. During the working week, the volunteers collected about 23.5 tons of scrap metal, 25 tons of solid municipal waste, and cleared an area of more than 4 hectares," it said.
Volunteers from Moscow city, as well as Novgorod, Yaroslavl and Moscow regions and the Khabarovsk Territory participated in the cleanup at the village and the port, which turns 90 years old this year.
During the cleanup in the Arctic, volunteers collected scrap metal, old metal barrels, old equipment hulls, as well as a large amount of construction debris left after the demolition of abandoned houses.
This year, the Clean Arctic project will cover five settlements in Yakutia. Over the past three years volunteers have collected more than 850 tons of scrap metal in Yakutia on the area of 31 hectares, ysia.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
