RESPECT
IN THE MOUNTAINS

MEASURES FOR PRESERVING THE ALPINE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

Recharging your batteries, wearing yourself out or sharpening the senses – the nature and living environment in the mountains are a place of recreation for all. So that we can enjoy the beauty of the area for as long as possible and without limits, efforts and rules for keeping the mountains clean are essential.

Although genuine mountain-lovers would actually never leave their waste behind them, environmental pollution is still an important subject. Above all over the tree line, where it is significantly cooler and there is no humus layer, waste only breaks down extremely slowly and is thus a much greater challenge – even waste that is actually organic.

SOME EXAMPLES
Banana skin	1-2 years	Tin can	50-500 years
Orange peel	1-3 years	Plastic bag	60-200 years
Paper tissue	1-5 years	Aluminium foil	200-400 years
Cigarette butt	2-7 years	Baby's nappy	500-800 years
Chewing gum	3-5 years	Plastic bottle	100-5,000 years

So that nature lovers can still dispose of their waste without difficulty, there are several waste collection points at various locations in the area, where the waste can be carefully separated at the point of disposal. There is a centrally located ash tray for collecting cigarette butts.

DOG POOP
BAGS

It is especially important to pick up dog waste as this can cause sickness in cattle due to the parasite Neospora Caninum and can result in miscarriages and deformities in calves.

Most dog owners strive to pick the waste up, however when it comes to disposing of the poop bags, which nobody likes to carry in their rucksack, there is a tendency to leave them by the side of the path.

Plastic bags take over 60 years to break down in nature.

FRESH WATER
LESS PLASTIC

Drinking bottles can easily be refilled at various points in the area, where water fountains with fresh mountain water have been placed.

If you have forgotten your refillable bottle, you can buy a drinking bottle for around €5.00 or a high quality thermos flask for €26.00 at the ticket shops from the Ropeway and Cableway Falzeben, from the rental shop at the mountain station or at CUBUS Restaurant.