The spectacle which welcomed the citizens of Oslo to the city’s parks on May 17 and 18 last year provoked strong reactions.
Several green spaces in the city were characterized by overflowing garbage cans, hundreds of Russian cards and empty bottles. The streets were also littered with trash and broken glass.
Roy Gustavsen, who has worked for more than a decade cleaning up city parks for Oslo Municipality’s urban environment agency, told Dagbladet he had ‘never seen it look so bad’ than last year.
– To tear out
The Environment Agency of the City of Oslo now has a clear message regarding this year’s celebration:
– Regarding May 17th celebrations in city parks, we would like to encourage people to clean up after themselves, take empty bottles/cans and trash with them after eating in the park, writes l ‘City Environment Agency in an email to Dagbladet, add:
– And do not put garbage in already full garbage cans, then it will be torn out by birds and float outside – take it with you to the next garbage can or home, they write.
– unlucky
Even in private households, trash cans may be fuller than usual this week.
Due to two consecutive public holidays, for some households there cannot be waste collection until Saturday this week.
– For those with very unlucky timing – if you are used to having a pick up on Wednesday and Thursday – there may be pick up on Friday and Saturday. We don’t have much to do with it, says Jørgen Bakke Fredriksen, press contact at the waste disposal and recycling agency, in Dagbladet.
Russian noise in several places
– Are you worried about the large amounts of waste by Saturday?
– No, usually that doesn’t happen. It’s a bit of bad luck for us that there are two public holidays in a row. But we expect some to leave, so maybe that will balance out, he says.
