BBCAccording to campaigners, a new deposit scheme for plastic and glass bottles will create a major difference on the litter level on the highest mountain in Wales.
Swayamsevaks currently withdraw more than 1,500 kg in a year from YR Wyddfa, Also known as snowdonAnd it is compared to burning water with “drowning ship”.
But they say that Welsh government plans for people To get money or voucher when they return bottles and compartments Single-use on the mountain can reduce the amount of pollution.
National Park officials say that the nonsense level on YR Wyddfa has become stable, even if people are climbing the summit.
Partners, including National Park, National Trust, Cymdeithas Eryri and Group Trash Free Trails, currently organize more than 100 garbage in a year.
Volunteers say that almost all the garbage is found on YR Wyddfa only.
Last week, in a two-hour session on the Lalberbis path, 277 items of single-use pollution were picked up by 1.8 miles (3 km).
Owen Thomas, who regularly said that volunteers said in clean -covered events, said: “This is a very beneficial thing to do with my free time, but it is endless – you clean the nonsense on a Saturday and it is back on Wednesday.
“It may feel that it is a sinking ship – you are constantly pulling out the water and it simply comes back.”
The purpose of the National Park is to reduce the amount of garbage dropped over the next few years.
Campaign groups like to call it “single-use pollution”, and say that there will be a huge difference between the new initiative of the Welsh government.
Deposit Return Scheme, which is scheduled to begin in October 2027, means that people will receive money or voucher If they bring empty bottles and compartments back,
Similar schemes will start in other parts of the UK at the same time.
Heather Friendship-K from waste-free trails said: “In Wales, we find 28% of all single-use pollution that are things that will be part of the deposit return scheme.
“So, overnight, we can remove about one -third of items on these trails.”
Rory Francis, director of Cymdeithas Eryri, said: “People tell us that we should not spend so much time to clean the mountain.
“A deposit return scheme will change our way of thinking about items of single-use.
“At the moment, drink companies are expecting people like us to pick up their garbage and give subsidy, and this plan will help change it.”
But campaigners admit that garbage on YR Wyddfa is a complex problem, and cannot be solved by governments or beverage companies alone.
BBC Wales participated during the garbage:
- 277 items were removed more than 1.8 miles (3 km)
- The most common material was plastic, while the most common category was snacks
- 15% items will be eligible on deposit returns scheme – less than average
- About 5% of items were dog poo bags, 8% tissue or wet wipes, 10% related to smoking, and 6% were fruit peel
Etah Morgan of the Eri National Park Authority said: “Permanent changes depend on every person who travels.
“We urge all visitors to adopt a trace approach, take the garbage home, respect local communities and ensure their individual responsibility for their impact to help to ensure that YR Wyddfa maintains a protected and durable environment.”
Robbie Blackhaall -Miles from Charity Plantlife said: “On the peak, up to 5% soil is made of plastic – it is shed with people’s clothes, but also comes from plastic waste that is dropped on the mountain, breaks down in sunlight and finds its way in the environment.
“Removing any waste from the mountain is going to reduce the effects of all that.”
