Keeping local waters clean

In The Hague (NL), litter often finds its way into the city’s many canals and it eventually reaches the sea. To prevent this, the city collaborates with social entrepreneurs who have made it their mission to help clean the beach: TrashUre Hunt and Grondstofjutters. In addition, the city has made ‘fishing for plastic’ available for schools to add to their curriculum, and organises a yearly event during which citizens are offered free paddleboarding in exchange for helping clean the waterways. These activities provide educational value and increase awareness of the harmfulness of plastic litter, and, most importantly, make the canals and beach cleaner!