VeryNile, Danish Embassy Remove 1.5 Tons of Trash from Nile

VeryNile, the Embassy of Denmark and the Danish Business Club succeeded in collecting nearly 1.5 tonnes of garbage from the Nile River in Cairo.

The move came as a part of VeryNile's events to clean up the Nile in cooperation with embassies, firms, and figures.

Wearing safety clothing, stuff of seven Danish companies, operating in Egypt, partook in the clean-up process like Novo Nordisk, Orana, DSV, Cimbria, Nourco, LeoPharma, and Maersk as well as other volunteers.

[caption id="attachment_56831" align="aligncenter" width="601"] VeryNile and the Danish Embassy team[/caption]

The event included a workshop on how to become more environmentally friendly including ways of recycling and usage of more eco-friendly alternatives.

The embassy announced that series of clean-up events in the Nile River, Mediterranean and the Red Sea would start in July 2019 engaging youth in five governorates nationwide.

[caption id="attachment_56832" align="aligncenter" width="601"] Volunteers collecting trash in Nile banks[/caption]

VeryNile is co-founded by Greenish and Bassita start-ups with an aim to clean the Nile while raising awareness on the importance to protect our environment.

It is worth mentioning the Nile is amongst 10 of the most polluted rivers in the world, so start-ups like Greenish and initiatives such as VeryNile are essential to protect Egypt's eternal heritage.

[caption id="attachment_56834" align="aligncenter" width="601"] Clean-up process[/caption]

In the same context, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a non-governmental organization, about 570,000 tons of plastic are thrown in the Mediterranean Sea every year.

Egypt, only, contributes to almost half with 250,000 tons every year, followed by Turkey and Italy.

[caption id="attachment_56833" align="aligncenter" width="602"] Egypt's contribution of trash every year[/caption]