{"id":1659,"date":"2025-02-01T03:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T03:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bff.travelblox.eu\/?page_id=1659"},"modified":"2025-12-02T18:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:20:14","slug":"river-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bff.travelblox.eu\/en\/partners\/river-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"River Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tb-header tb-block align-center background-dark pattern-none variant-none\" id=\"header\" data-fallback-background=\"https:\/\/bff.travelblox.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/02\/BFF-desktop-wallpaper-headers-4.jpg\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/bff.travelblox.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2025\/02\/BFF-desktop-wallpaper-headers-4.jpg'); background-position:;\">\n    <div class=\"tb-header-foreground\">\n        <div class=\"inner-block\">\n\n            <div class=\"main-part\">\n                <div class=\"text-part\">\n                                                                <h1 class=\"tb-title\">River Cleanup<\/h1>\n                                                                <h2 class=\"tb-subtitle\">\t\t<div class=\"translation-block\"><p>On a mission to clean up rivers<\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/h2>\n                                                                                            <div class=\"tb-properties\">\n                                                                    <div class=\"tb-property\">\n                                                                                    <div class=\"tb-property__icon\">\n                                                \t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon fa-solid fa-calendar-days\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t                                            <\/div>\n                                                                                <div class=\"tb-property__label\">\n                                            2024                                        <\/div>\n         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Since its founding in 2019, the organization has expanded to over 100 countries and, together with volunteers, has removed millions of kilos of waste from rivers.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-buttons-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.river-cleanup.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\" class=\"tb-button\">\n\t\t\tVisit website\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.river-cleanup.org\/donate\"  target=\"_blank\" class=\"tb-buttonlink\">\n\t\t\tDonate now\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tb-textimage2 tb-block align-left background-light pattern-none variant-text_first tb-collapsible-margins\" id=\"textimage2\">\n\t<div class=\"inner-block tb-fade-in\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"tb-columns\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-text-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Why<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"translation-block\"><p>Every year, 11 million tons of plastic end up in the oceans, most of which is carried in by rivers. River Cleanup aims to stop this flow at the source because prevention is better than cleanup. Through a combination of cleanup actions, awareness campaigns, and preventive measures, the organization is working towards a sustainable solution for plastic pollution.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-buttons-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-video-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"River Cleanup: Are you ready?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Taezle4VO6s?feature=oembed&#038;preload=false&#038;autoplay=false&#038;muted=false&#038;playsinline=true&#038;controls=true&#038;responsive=true&#038;controlsList=nodownload&#038;oncontextmenu=return false;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tb-practical tb-block align-none background-light pattern-custom variant-none tb-collapsible-margins\" id=\"practical\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/wa.travelblox.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/Blank.png)\">\n\t<div class=\"inner-block tb-fade-in\">\n\t\t<div class=\"text-part\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Impact<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"translation-block\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"inner-block tb-fade-in\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"practical-cols\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"practical-nav-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"practical-nav tb-style-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#practical-block-0\">Mission &amp; goals<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"#practical-block-1\">Actions<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-accordion tb-accordion--animation tb-accordion-mobile-only text-part\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\" id=\"practical-block-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon fa-solid fa-location-crosshairs tb-style-block\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t Mission &amp; goals\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"translation-block\"><p>River Cleanup's mission is to make rivers plastic-free worldwide. They do this by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobilizing volunteers for clean-up actions.<\/li>\n<li>Engaging businesses, schools, and communities in sustainability.<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging policymakers and industries to make structural changes.<br \/>Their long-term goal is to make <strong>1,000 rivers worldwide plastic-free<\/strong> by 2050.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\" id=\"practical-block-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon fa-solid fa-hand-back-fist tb-style-block\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t Actions\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"translation-block\"><p>River Cleanup operates according to the <strong>Clean River Model<\/strong>, based on three pillars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Empower<\/strong>: Activating volunteers, schools, and businesses to take action.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevent<\/strong>: Raising awareness and promoting behavior change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Accelerate<\/strong>: Collaborating with governments and businesses to implement innovative solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They organize global <strong>cleanup events<\/strong> (like in Semoy with <a href=\"https:\/\/thepackrafttrail.com\/ardennen\/\">The Packraft Trail<\/a>), educational programs, and innovative projects, such as AI-driven waste detection with drones and the Clean River Model in collaboration with local communities.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tb-quoteparallax tb-block align-center background-dark pattern-none variant-text_on_image\" id=\"quoteparallax\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/bff.travelblox.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/06\/2024-River-cleanup-149SRW05545-scaled.jpg');\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inner-block tb-fade-in tb-fade-in--subtle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-part\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\u201cIn 2017, I was challenged to pick up waste for 10 minutes, 10 days in a row. Little did I know how those 10 minutes would change my life.\u201d<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"translation-block\"><p><strong>Thomas de Groote<\/strong> \u2013 founder of River Cleanup<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tb-textimage1 tb-block align-center background-dark pattern-default variant-none tb-collapsible-margins\" id=\"textimage1-1\">\n\t<div class=\"inner-block tb-fade-in tb-fade-in--subtle\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"text-part\">\n\t\t\t<h2>How your donation helps<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"translation-block\"><p>Every donation directly contributes to cleaning up and protecting rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Our mission is to stop plastic before it ends up in nature. 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