Over 50,000 volunteers in 39 counties countrywide have joined the national cleanup action "Let's Do It Romania!" until Monday, and organizers say they expect over 200,000 people to partake in the campaign on Saturday.

Over 50,000 volunteers have registered on the campaign website so far and that 39 counties have confirmed their participation, while funds donated by sponsors amount to EUR 20,000, according to the organizers.

The national cleanup campaign will take place Saturday, September 25, from 08,00 hours to 15,00 hours. The action will set off as soon as volunteers reach the registration points and receive instructions. The list of registration points is available, starting Tuesday, on the official website of the campaign www.letsdoitromania.ro.

Over 6,000 trash piles have been identified countrywide so far. However, no cleanup is needed in some areas in counties like Cluj, Suceava and Salaj. Around 20,000 tons of waste would be collected if 200,000 people took part in the campaign.

Enviroment Minister Laszlo Borbely is also expected to join the campaign.

Just like the initial actions in Estonia, the country which started the initiative, organized in 2008, and the ones in Latvia in 2009, the action in Romania involves citizens, local authorities, private firms, cleaning operators, public figures and mass-media in order to get people to clean the waste and make citizens more responsible regarding the environment.

Mediafax