Cleaning up Fyrisån
Bike cleaning the weekend before Valborg
Every year before Valborg (30.4.) the river gets cleaned from bikes which were taken from the bike racks and thrown in. Divers from the local diving clubs go into the river and look for bikes and other large objects. People on the shore pull the items up with ropes and a big lorry came to transport the bikes to storage at Uppsala kommun. Usually the divers pick up around 100-200 bikes out of Fyrisån in on this day.
Waterbiking
Helpers pulling the bikes up on the street
A pile of wet bikes from the river
The bikes are full of waterplants and rost
Valborg cleanup 1st of May
After Valborg and the Rafting there is a lot of waste in the whole city. The kommun puts some ‘länsar' (ribbon to catch the swimming waste) in the river to catch the waste floating on the surface.
One of the ribbons to catch the swimming waste
Clean Upsala May 8th
This is an event form the Keep Sweden Tidy. ‘The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation is a creator of public opinion that focuses on environmental issues, promotes recycling and combats litter through public awareness campaigns and environmental education. The Foundation strives to influence attitudes and behaviour in order to encourage a sustainable environmental development.'
The event clean Upsala took place this year on the 8th May. Between 14.000 and 20.000 people take part in this event. The goal is to clean up the city, for example schools, parks, pedestrian roads, public places and natural areas.
Everyone who wants to can attend CleanUpsala
