With SPBS EIB Luxembourg, we’re turning support into real-world impact. Every every kilogram of litter collected funds a new tree planted, restores nature, protects biodiversity, reduces CO₂ and connects communities. Tracked, verified and celebrated; this is your measurable impact in action.
🧹 Cleanup Event Report
12 June 2026
* Based on Luxembourg's Environment Administration data: 1.6 kg of litter collected per resident per year.
Waste Breakdown
🚬 Cigarette Butt Impact
Each cigarette butt contains ~7,000 chemicals and can contaminate up to 1,000 litres of water. These butts will be recycled into urban furniture thanks to our partner Shime. Otherwise, they would take 10–15 years to decompose, releasing toxic microplastics into the environment.
On 12/06/2026, the team from SPBS EIB celebrated a teambuilding cleanup collecting 77 kg of litter, including 11 kg of recyclables (Valorlux bags) and 66 kg of general waste. According to Luxembourg’s Environment Administration, municipal cleaning services collect around 1,6 kg of litter per resident per year. With this cleanup, we removed the annual litter footprint of 48 people. Among the waste, we picked up around 900 cigarette butts. Each butt contains about 7000 chemicals and can contaminate up to 1000 liters of water. This cleanup potentially prevented the pollution of 900 000 liters of water! These butts will be recycled into urban furniture thanks to our partner Shime. Otherwise, they would have taken 10–15 years to decompose, releasing toxic microplastics into the environment. And with the CSFN tree planting program, these 77 kg also mean 77 new trees planted! Thank you so much EIB Luxembourg for trusting and supporting CSFN!
With the CSFN tree planting program, these 77 kg also mean 77 new native trees planted!
Every kilogram of waste collected = one tree planted
🌲Your Sponsored Forest
Restoring ecosystems and livelihoods
Interactive Tree Map
Click on the pins below to explore detailed information about each tree species in your sponsored forest.
Forest Biodiversity
Water Apple
Syzygium aqueum
Grey Birch
Bridelia insulana
🌳 Reforestation Sites
Besigan
📍 Besigan, Philippines
Starting in the 1960s, Philippine mahogany was cut down nearly to extinction. this led to soil erosion, contaminated waterways, community dislacement, and biodiversity loss. Logging, slash-and-burn agriculture, land development, and forest fires continue to contribute to a high deforestation rate. One of 17 megadiverse countries and home to 700 threatened species.
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🌍 Carbon & Oxygen Impact
CO₂ Captured
O₂ Produced
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🔮 Projected Impact
🌿 Species Ecosystem Benefits
Consumption and Sales
Produces fruit, seeds, leaves and/or bark that provide food for the farmers' families or is sold in local markets.
Traditional Medicine
Produces leaves, roots, bark and/or fruit that is used in traditional medicine.
Income Opportunity
Products derived from the fruit, bark, sap or leaves can be turned into products and traded or sold locally.
🎯 Community & Environmental Impact
CO2 Absorption
Absobs CO2 through photosynthesis, offsetting human-generated carbon emissions over time. Supports UN SDG 13: Climate Action
Environmental Protection
Synergystic with the local ecosystem for positive environmental impact, including wildlife habitat, water conservation, and soil restoration. Supports UN SDG 15: Life on Land
Employment Equality
Hiring practices balanced between women and men, with equal opportunities at the management and decision-making levels. Supports UN SDG 5: Gender Equality
Job Creation
Generates a variety of jobs that help lift the community which may include site preparation and infrastructure, education, seedling preparation, planting, monitoring, and management. Supports UN SDG 8: Decent Work & Economic Growth
🐾 Wildlife Biodiversity Protection
Our reforestation efforts in Philippines help protect endangered species and restore critical habitats for local wildlife.
Philippine Tarsier
Near ThreatenedHabitat loss and illegal pet trade are the main threats to Tarsius syrichta, now under government protection.
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Celestial Monarch
VulnerableHypothymis coelestis, one of the most sought after birds by birdwatchers in the Philippines and in the world, are threatened due to habitat loss from illegal logging and land conversion.
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Philippine Eagle
Critically EndangeredThe Philippine national bird, Pithecophaga jefferyi is only found in the remaining forests. Threatened by deforestation and hunting, with fewer than 400 breeding pairs left.