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Belgian Save the Cow campaign raises awareness of litter issues
21st of February 2017
Belgian waste intercommunal organisation Limburg.net is joining forces with Plattelandsklassen - an educational body that aims to bring young people into contact with the countryside - and litter clearance products specialist The Helping Hand Company to save Belgian cows.
The Save the Cow project will encourage outdoor education and an improved awareness of environmental issues effecting rural areas in Flanders and will be sponsored by Flanders Public Waste Agency OVAM.
Annick De Pape; Limburg's project co-ordinator explained: "A key goal of the project is to highlight the problem of roadside litter ending up in the food chain of livestock. This results in many dead animals and is particularly prevelant in and around rural farming areas of the Limburg province in Flanders."
She added: "We are very keen to increase the public's awareness of this issue by organising clean-up days on March 17, 18, 19 in all of the 45 cities within our jurisdiction.
"This action will encourage children between the ages of nine and 11 to focus on the environmental impact of littering and provide a greater understanding of the regional problem of cows and other livestock dying because they are consuming debris."
Children will be issued with limited edition cow design litter pickers supplied by The Helping Hand Company along with certificates, and local schools are encouraged to produce a film of their activity. The school that produces the best film will be awarded a winning school banner and a group school clean-up kit.
For more information email ilse.luypaerts@limburg.net
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