Hundreds of volunteers cleaned beaches in Haifa and collected hundreds of kilograms of waste

(haipo) As part of the Tzulul Association's large beach and stream cleanup operation, many volunteers worked in Haifa at five different cleanup locations. Students from Eco Yam, the Social High School, along with citizens and students from Aliya and Reut schools, cleaned beaches and collected approximately 180 kilograms of waste. During the activity, a lighting rocket was located and a police saboteur was called to handle the find.

Extensive cleaning operation in five locations in Haifa ◄ View

The Eco Yam, the social high school, went to the Haifa beaches together with citizens and students from Aliyah School and Reut School, and together collected about 180 kilograms of waste from the beaches. The volunteers received a safety briefing before the activity began. During the cleanup, a lighting rocket was found and the volunteers called a police saboteur who arrived to deal with the find. In addition to this center, four additional cleanup centers operated in Haifa, all as part of the large beach and stream cleanup operation of the Tzulul Association.

120 students at Shikmona beach and an exhausted sea turtle is rescued

In the area from the beach of Shikmona to the Carmel Beach Towers, about 120 students from a school in Bishmat worked, collecting dozens of kilograms of waste. During the cleanup, a surprising discovery was made when one of the children, Ariel Argaman, found an exhausted and dried sea turtle on the beach. The sea turtle was immediately sent for rescue treatment in Mikhomoret, accompanied by a volunteer from the Sea Turtle Rescue Center. This was an event that illustrated to the students the importance of protecting the marine environment and the direct impact of beach pollution on the animals living there.

Cleaning in Wadi Lotem despite the weather conditions

Even the rainy weather did not stop the volunteers. In Wadi Lotem, Tali Moav guided a group of 10 students, who collected 30 kilograms of waste despite the rain that fell in the area. The cleanup activity in the wadi is part of the overall effort of the Tzulul association to clean not only the beaches but also the streams, with the understanding that waste that reaches the streams eventually finds its way to the sea. In total, at all the centers in Haifa, hundreds of volunteers worked and collected significant amounts of waste from the beaches and streams.