Clean forests,streets and beaches

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Cleaning, washing and sanitizing public spaces is increasingly important in contemporary societies. 

Forests cover about 30% of the earth's surface. It is in forests and other vegetation cover that the photosynthesis on which life depends takes place: the production of oxygen from carbon dioxide. They are the depository of two-fifths of all carbon stored in terrestrial ecosystems, being considered as the “lungs of the world” or “carbon sinks”. The cleaning of forests has become one of the most debated issues since our country faced the great fight against fires in 2017. Many people think that the new law, which obliges landowners to keep their land clean, is only for the prevention of fires, but the truth is that the act of complying with this law helps a lot in the balance of fauna and flora and helps to greatly reduce environmental pollution.

The owner of the property is responsible for cleaning sidewalks (sidewalks) and land located by the roadside. The public authorities have a duty to take care of joints, flowerbeds, squares and public spaces and monitor whether the owner of the land is complying with its cleaning obligations.

Plastic, as we said, is the main type of garbage that exists on beaches. Plastic takes approximately 450 years to decompose in nature. During this period, it can be ingested by animals or accumulate in corals. Only these two problems mentioned are capable of decimating the biodiversity of the oceans.

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Mafalda Silva

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