Friday the 15th, from dawn or soon! Children, teachers, volunteers, companions and hunters gathered in the presence of Sophie Lavédrine, 1st vice-mayor and Yasmina Boumlilova, representative of children and youth, to start the big spring cleaning of the banks of the Garonne, led by hunters. Thierry Cabanes, departmental president of the hunting federation, was there to start the day alongside Mathieu Lamouroux, municipal president, and many hunters, mobilized for the two days, joined by members of the local fishing union.
Collected 80 m3 of waste
About 200 students from the Dareysses school, dressed in orange vests, equipped with gloves and large waste bags provided by the National Hunting Federation, went in nine groups to different locations in the Garonne to respond to the request. national hunting association: “I like pure nature”, illustrated on posters and flyers by a handsome dog bringing back his prey… a plastic bottle. They raked lawns, bushes, tree bases, ditches… from the bottom of the walls to Breille through the city park and crossed the river to clear the right bank as well. During the afternoon, 50 university students from Beaumont-de-Lomagne responded to the hunters’ call and came to continue cleaning in other areas further towards Granada and Nolet Castle. And plastic, unarmed hunters brought back whole bags and many other items like tires, refrigerators or washing machines were collected thrown into the river and then deposited on the banks by the water. Hunters also collected a large portion the day before during the first day of the event.
Collected almost eighty cubic meters of various waste. Each participating child received a waste hunter diploma, a “zero waste mission” brochure, stickers, 7 family games, etc. There were even pocket ashtrays… for the adults of course.
Mr. Lamouroux is satisfied: “the day was packed, everything went well, the participants, teachers and children were satisfied with their event and the results, and the weather was also ideal. Three large skip events were completed during this event.
Several associative or institutional partners supported this operation, which continued in other sections of the Garonne during the following two days.