The second cleaning in four months of the environment Altavista Refuge, at Teide National Park, has had a very similar result to last August. The same goodwill of those who participated – many repeated – and of the management of the Park, whose owner, Manuel Durbán, has given the permits. An Altavista Refuge that is still closed and a similar accumulation of waste around the path to the base of Montaña Blanca.
The Insular Federation of Mountaineering has organized the day – last Saturday – under the coordination, as the previous one, of its member of the Environment, Chano Gil. It has had the Spanish Federation of Mountain Sports and Climbing, through Pedro Millán, responsible for Rural Development,
The organizers value “positively” that the amount of garbage found has been reduced somewhat compared to August. To this “the concern of the National Park with its cleaning brigades has contributed.” However, they value, «there is still a pending campaign throughout the island for the reduction of waste in nature, in which we must get involved public and private entities, in all areas “. For this, from the Federation “we have sent a letter to the director of the National Park for its dissemination among the members of the Board” with the idea of generating initiatives for a + Sustainable Island.
They also denounce that “the Altavista Refuge remains closed and those responsible have not even deigned to respond to the demand of thousands of mountaineers who do not understand how a facility of this importance still does not provide the proper service and without giving any explanation. The volunteers are grateful for “the collaboration of the Red Cross that has helped us with the logistics.”
