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Gimsøysand plastic cleanup - Bonus for Cleaning

Bonus for Cleaning: Collect the plastic waste on the shoreline and get a geocache point as a thank you.

by bfc-outdoor     Norway > Nord-Norge > Nordland

N 68° 19.274' E 014° 13.988' (WGS84)

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Status: Available
 Time required: 5:00 h   Route: 2.0 km
 Hidden on: 04 May 2019
 Published on: 07 May 2019
 Last update: 07 May 2019
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC153FC

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The ocean plastic pollution has become a big problem. Trash in nature is a general problem. But plastic waste lasts way more then a lifetime. It stays for decades or centuries, does not decompose in a natural way and finally remains as microplastic and nanoplastic. And then.... it returns in out food chain. Enjoy your meal! Stirnrunzelnd

Scientists from NORCE Norwegian Research Centre in Bergen analysed parts of the shoreline of Norway with the help of aerial photographs. And they visited several places at the coast. They found tons of plastic waste at over 600 bays and shores.

People have stopped watching. They take action since years. Volunteers organise plastic cleanups.

Years ago I launched the BFC-BONUS FOR CLEANING on the Opencaching.de platform, so that mindful nature lovers and geocachers can get a bonus point as a small reward for their activity.

And I want - not just as proof - that you post a photo of the collected garbage here so that everyone can see the waste that was in the nature. As a reminder and warning to everyone who handles plastic waste careless.


Requirement for logging:

Collect the garbage during your hike or cleanup meeting, take a photo of the filled trash bag(s) on site with your navigation device, where you can see the coordinates, and post it in the log.

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Log entries for Gimsøysand plastic cleanup - Bonus for Cleaning    Found 1x Not found 0x Note 0x

Found 21 June 2023, 00:53 *Eichhörnle* found the geocache

Heute haben wir die Kirche von Gimsøysand besucht.
Beim Abendspaziergang am Strand habe ich doch tatsächlich eine Plastikflasche gefunden und direkt in die Mülltüte verfrachtet.
Man findet doch immer irgendwo irgendwas, wobei es hier schon eher schwer war - zum Glück!

Vielen Dank an bfc-outdoor für das Legen und Pflegen des Cache.
Viele Grüße aus dem Süden von Deutschland von *Eichhörnle*

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