In the Red Cross garage in Øystre Slidre, 70 sacks are neatly stacked. In each bag there are boxes and bottles for approx. 550 kroner. Every year there can be bottles for between 200,000 and 300,000 kroner. – I have been involved ever since we started with the bottle collection in 2006, Birger says enthusiastically. Tourists who drink soft drinks and beer The bottles are picked up by Birger Martinsen with the Red Cross car from the 13 bottle containers that the local team has seen around Øystre Slidre. They are diligent in use. Both by those who live here permanently, but especially by the tourists. Because in Øystre Slidre there are more than 3500 cabins, most of them in the area around Beitostølen. It is a good service to the cabin people to offer them to put the bottles in such a container, which is often placed together with an environmental station. SIMPLE: Everyone who has been on a cabin trip knows how cumbersome it is to take empty boxes and empty bottles home. It is easy for them to stay in bed for a long time before they can be ordered. Then it is good to find a bottle container to put them in. Both to get rid of the bottles, but also in a simple way to give money to something useful SIMPLE: Everyone who has been on a cabin trip knows how cumbersome it is to bring empty boxes and empty bottles home. It is easy for them to stay in bed for a long time before they can be ordered. Then it is good to find a bottle container to put them in. Both to get rid of the bottles, but also in a simple way to give money to something useful Birger and the helper empty the containers as they become full and sort out what should not be included . Since May alone, he has filled 270 sacks. Which is picked up by a carrier and driven to recycling. – It just so happens that there is rubbish in the bottle container, but that is what we have to reckon with, says Birger. BOTTLE UP WITH RED CROSS: Ever since he was a young boy, Birger Martinsen has been strongly involved in the voluntary work in the Red Cross BOTTLE UP WITH RED CROSS: Ever since he was a young boy, Birger Martinsen has been strongly involved in voluntary work in Red Cross Absolutely necessary Birger himself is a true veteran of the Red Cross. He co-founded the relief corps in Øystre Slidre as a 13-year-old in 1949. And since he moved back to his hometown in 1984, he has been active in the relief corps. Without the money from the bottle collection, the team would not have had all the important equipment it has today. Voluntary rescue service Right inside Beitostølen is Jotunheimen with rugged hiking and host trails. The Red Cross Auxiliary Corps is a vital part of emergency preparedness. These are the ones the police call when they are notified of missing people or accidents in the mountains. President of the Norwegian Red Cross, Thor Inge Sveinsvoll, can not get enough pink Birger. ROSES: President Thor Inge Sveinsvoll of the Norwegian Red Cross wins the work such as Birger does is the very basis for voluntary rescue services. Photo: Tom Nicolai Kolstad / NRKROSER: President Thor Inge Sveinsvoll of the Norwegian Red Cross wins the work such as Birger does is the very basis of volunteering rescue service. Photo: Tom Nicolai Kolstad / news – He makes a formidable effort. Without people like him, we would not have had all the local teams out in the districts. They ensure the country a strong voluntary rescue service, says Sveinsvoll. Sveinsvoll explains that the rescue service in Norway is completely unique in that so much is based on voluntariness. No other country can point to anything like this. The money from the bottle collection also goes to holding courses for new auxiliary corps members. – Participating in rescue operations requires a lot. No one can join in storms and storms and save others without knowing what is needed to make it happen. Then it can quickly become dangerous both for yourself and the person you are going to save, says Thor Inge Sveinsvoll
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Birger Martinsen has been collecting bottles for the Red Cross for 15 years – news Innlandet – Local news, TV and radio
