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Andrej, a student of the special needs school in Namestovo, has been cleaning illegal dumping for four years and free of charge.
He has already collected 17 tonnes of illegally dumped waste along the main road near his home.
„Many talk about the clean environment and only a few do something about it. I started cleaning the illegal dumps when I was seventeen and was laughed at first, but now my activity is appreciated.“, Andrej says.
WORDS
illegal dumping: is the process of disposing waste at any place, the place where it is not permitted.
free of charge: no need to pay for.
to dump: to leave something not needed anymore in a place and especially where it is not allowed.
waste: garbage, unwanted things.
dump: a place where it is allowed to leave waste.
“I was laughed at = People laughed at me”