Tons of waste found along an 8-km stretch of the Neris as cleanup reveals the true extent of pollution

The first stage of the Neris riverbed cleanup has been completed in Vilnius. The ambitious project was launched in the summer by real estate developer Darnu Group in partnership with the Lithuanian Society of Hydrobiology and a team of professional divers. During the cleanup period, divers removed more than 2 tonnes of waste and cleaned the first planned stretch of the river, from the White Bridge to the Lazdynai Bridge. In the future, the entire stretch of the Neris flowing through Vilnius is to be cleaned – 24 km in total.