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Proper Strandlopers

We were  founded in 2016  in Belgium when our board director Tim Corbisier picked up trash that washed ashore while running. After he disposed his bag with litter, he found it very satifisfying doing sports while contributing to the environment. He thought of it as an idea worth spreading and founded a  Facebook Group  (now >8600members) where people could  post  their  cleaning-up to create awareness  and inspire others to do the same. Quickly this group gained much media attention and expanded very fast. Fast forward to the present: The group has become a  diverse platform  where all sorts of people, professions and organizations discuss the global litter problem and plastic soup, post pictures of cleanups, pictures of plastic art, discuss ideas and solutions... Because we have become  the largest network of civilians cleaning  our beaches, biologists and animal shelter organizations are member of our group and get informed about where certain fauna and flora is found. SIn some cases wildlife in life threatening situations got saved. We also help people and organizations with localizing lost objects or materials. In some cases our members attribute to heritage by finding .

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