With units of 43 Mechanised Brigade from Havelte, the Ministry of Defence has been helping the Wadden Island of Schiermonnikoog since Friday 4 January 2019. The beaches were heavily polluted by the contents of discarded containers. These came from a ship from a Swiss shipping company that lost 277 sea containers last week during heavy weather. Militaries, islanders and volunteers removed 220 tonnes of waste from the beach in 3 days. This involved a wide range of goods: from toys to paint rollers and from soap pumps to shoes. (translated with DeepL)
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