03:50Eco warriors from the 'Trash Avalanche' movement collected, sorted and transported two tonnes of rubbish from Mount Belukha, one of the main tourist attractions in Russia's Altai Republic.
Footage shot on Tuesday shows volunteers clearing the summit area of the 4,506-metre-high mountain. Cans and glass can be seen near the hiking trails and as well as the remains of bonfires.. The video also shows activists transporting bags of rubbish by helicopter.
"We've cleared away all the rubbish. This is the pile we've been talking about. We're now waiting for a vehicle to take it to the landfill site. So the mountain is clear, and so is my conscience," said the movement's founder, Evgeny Egorov.
He added that a group of tourists can leave behind up to a kilogram of rubbish.
"This is the fourth year of the campaign, and we've already removed what you can see behind me. We've removed a total of 12 tonnes from the mountain in four years," Egorov explained.
Amyr Babyshev, Altai's deputy minister for natural resources and the environment, explained that Belukha was sacred to local people and keeping it clean was of the utmost importance for the area.
The rubbish collection campaign was supported by the Republic's Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology. Over 10 days, 14 volunteers from different regions of Russia collected 150 sacks of waste weighing a total of two tonnes, which were transported by two Mi-8 helicopter flights.
Litter deep, mountain high - Eco warriors clear two tonnes of rubbish from Russia's Altai summit
Eco warriors from the 'Trash Avalanche' movement collected, sorted and transported two tonnes of rubbish from Mount Belukha, one of the main tourist attractions in Russia's Altai Republic.
Footage shot on Tuesday shows volunteers clearing the summit area of the 4,506-metre-high mountain. Cans and glass can be seen near the hiking trails and as well as the remains of bonfires.. The video also shows activists transporting bags of rubbish by helicopter.
"We've cleared away all the rubbish. This is the pile we've been talking about. We're now waiting for a vehicle to take it to the landfill site. So the mountain is clear, and so is my conscience," said the movement's founder, Evgeny Egorov.
He added that a group of tourists can leave behind up to a kilogram of rubbish.
"This is the fourth year of the campaign, and we've already removed what you can see behind me. We've removed a total of 12 tonnes from the mountain in four years," Egorov explained.
Amyr Babyshev, Altai's deputy minister for natural resources and the environment, explained that Belukha was sacred to local people and keeping it clean was of the utmost importance for the area.
The rubbish collection campaign was supported by the Republic's Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology. Over 10 days, 14 volunteers from different regions of Russia collected 150 sacks of waste weighing a total of two tonnes, which were transported by two Mi-8 helicopter flights.
Eco warriors from the 'Trash Avalanche' movement collected, sorted and transported two tonnes of rubbish from Mount Belukha, one of the main tourist attractions in Russia's Altai Republic.
Footage shot on Tuesday shows volunteers clearing the summit area of the 4,506-metre-high mountain. Cans and glass can be seen near the hiking trails and as well as the remains of bonfires.. The video also shows activists transporting bags of rubbish by helicopter.
"We've cleared away all the rubbish. This is the pile we've been talking about. We're now waiting for a vehicle to take it to the landfill site. So the mountain is clear, and so is my conscience," said the movement's founder, Evgeny Egorov.
He added that a group of tourists can leave behind up to a kilogram of rubbish.
"This is the fourth year of the campaign, and we've already removed what you can see behind me. We've removed a total of 12 tonnes from the mountain in four years," Egorov explained.
Amyr Babyshev, Altai's deputy minister for natural resources and the environment, explained that Belukha was sacred to local people and keeping it clean was of the utmost importance for the area.
The rubbish collection campaign was supported by the Republic's Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology. Over 10 days, 14 volunteers from different regions of Russia collected 150 sacks of waste weighing a total of two tonnes, which were transported by two Mi-8 helicopter flights.