INRTU team is a winner of «Autumn Purity Cup-2022»

The team of INRTU employees won the project «Autumn Purity Cup-2022». The environmental action took place in Irkutsk near the Academic Bridge on September 30.

The Autumn Purity Cup is held in the frame of the «Clean Games» team competitions aimed at cleaning natural areas, waste separation. Its start was given in 2014 with a small volunteer action in St. Petersburg. Currently, the «Clean games» are held in 27 countries.
The environmental project is supported by the Presidential Grants Fund, the «Lenta» hypermarket, and Sberbank. Information support is provided by the VK social net, and the Union of Eco-Volunteer Organizations.
10 employees from the INRTU Youth Policy Department, sports departments and the Campus took part in the eco-tour.
During the action, participants were asked to collect, properly divide the garbage, and hand it over to the organizers. The contestants also solved environmental puzzles related to the separate collection of secondary raw materials, waste disposal, etc.

According to Ksenia Grigorieva, a specialist in working with students of the Youth Policy Department, in order to hand over the garbage to the curators, it had to be presented creatively:

«Our team demonstrated creative abilities, promptly collected a large amount of waste.

„Clean Games“ let us improve the environment of our hometown in a game format, get acquainted with colleagues from other university departments. Such actions make us think about more environmentally friendly behavior in everyday life.»

Anastasia Bulasheva, the deputy director of the Campus for General Issues, said that interesting «artifacts» were found under the Academic Bridge:

«We found a hiking bag, a canister and even insulated pants. Our team offered ideas on how to return these items to the turnover, for which they received additional points.»

This year, activists from 76 cities of Russia joined the environmental action. The contestants managed to collect over 200 tons of garbage, half of which was sent for recycling and re-production.
The absolute winner of the Russian tournament «Autumn Purity Cup-2022» will be determined on October 6. The results will be published in the VK page.

Photo provided by Ksenia Grigorieva