Volunteers asked for help in cleaning the coast of Anapa

The coast of Anapa and Temryuk district still needs to be cleaned of fuel oil, volunteers said, calling on those willing to help them with the work.

"Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote that on July 27, the Kuban operational headquarters reported the collection of 266 bags of fuel oil from the seabed in one day. Earlier, two of the three sections of the sand rampart that protected the coast from fuel oil emissions were dismantled. Vacationers, despite the ban, visit the beaches where the sand is being cleaned, the head of the work said. From July 25 to 29, no new fuel oil emissions were recorded on the coast of Anapa, the authorities said. Volunteers, in turn, claim that emissions continue.

Volunteers from the Dolphins headquarters reported on cleaning up the area from fuel oil on Belaya Gora (Taman Peninsula). "The work is far from finished. Large and heavy fractions of fuel oil are still hidden on the coast - such "goodies" that require effort and time to remove," the headquarters said in its Telegram channel.

Volunteers reported that six people are currently cleaning up. "We really need volunteers! Come, join our team, together we can restore cleanliness to the sea," they said.

Volunteers working on the Bugayskaya Spit also asked for help. "On August 4 (Monday), we are going to continue collecting the last emissions. We will be glad to have helpers," says a message published today in the Telegram channel "Networks, sieve, shovel"

They also reported that they registered as the Autonomous Non-Commercial Charitable Organization "SSL". "Now we will have more levers for good actions," they wrote.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers with fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences. Details can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait". Materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the thematic page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".

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