250 pay to clean up beach - The Sun paper
PENANG: Some 250 participants, including 115 who made the trip in three buses from the Klang Valley, sacrificed their time and money to clean up the shoreline at Batu Ferringhi yesterday.
On top of that, they paid RM10 each to take part in the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) project to show others their commitment to make a difference.
Armed with garbage bags, they spent more than an hour on the beach picking up trash and debris, which included plastic bottles, bags, cigarette butts and filters, food wrappers, containers and glass bottles.
The event has been sponsored by The Body Shop with the support of The Coca-Cola Company since 2005.
The Body Shop managing director Datin Mina Cheah-Foong said it has been held in various parts of the country for the past 12 years.
“Last year, in Malaysia alone, volunteers removed 1,530kg of trash and debris from a 8km shoreline and 46 volunteers took part in underwater cleanups removing 251kg of debris from 3.21km of riverbed and sea floor,” she said.
“Worldwide, the cleanup last year was participated by 358,617 volunteers from 68 countries who removed 1,500 metric tonnes of debris from oceans, rivers, lakes and waterways.
“Since 1986, over 6.6 million volunteers have removed a cumulative total of 53,000 metric tonnes of debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, including some 339,000km of shoreline in 127 nations.”
Cheah-Foong said the International Coastal Cleanup project was not just about picking up trash and debris as the volunteers also collect information about the items they find and pass it on to The Ocean Conservancy for analysis.
“The collected data provides an insight into the causes and sources of marina debris and serves as a means to educate and identified the source of the debris and initiated better manufacturing practices.”
She said while it was gratifying to see an increasing awareness among Malaysians to take better care of the environment, it was also disappointing to see more rubbish on the beaches each year.
Cheah-Foong said that at each of the places in Malaysia where the ICC has been held in the past, a core group is formed to carry out the ICC initiative to ensure the beaches remain clean and litter-free.
PENANG: Some 250 participants, including 115 who made the trip in three buses from the Klang Valley, sacrificed their time and money to clean up the shoreline at Batu Ferringhi yesterday.
On top of that, they paid RM10 each to take part in the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) project to show others their commitment to make a difference.
Armed with garbage bags, they spent more than an hour on the beach picking up trash and debris, which included plastic bottles, bags, cigarette butts and filters, food wrappers, containers and glass bottles.
The event has been sponsored by The Body Shop with the support of The Coca-Cola Company since 2005.
The Body Shop managing director Datin Mina Cheah-Foong said it has been held in various parts of the country for the past 12 years.
“Last year, in Malaysia alone, volunteers removed 1,530kg of trash and debris from a 8km shoreline and 46 volunteers took part in underwater cleanups removing 251kg of debris from 3.21km of riverbed and sea floor,” she said.
“Worldwide, the cleanup last year was participated by 358,617 volunteers from 68 countries who removed 1,500 metric tonnes of debris from oceans, rivers, lakes and waterways.
“Since 1986, over 6.6 million volunteers have removed a cumulative total of 53,000 metric tonnes of debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, including some 339,000km of shoreline in 127 nations.”
Cheah-Foong said the International Coastal Cleanup project was not just about picking up trash and debris as the volunteers also collect information about the items they find and pass it on to The Ocean Conservancy for analysis.
“The collected data provides an insight into the causes and sources of marina debris and serves as a means to educate and identified the source of the debris and initiated better manufacturing practices.”
She said while it was gratifying to see an increasing awareness among Malaysians to take better care of the environment, it was also disappointing to see more rubbish on the beaches each year.
Cheah-Foong said that at each of the places in Malaysia where the ICC has been held in the past, a core group is formed to carry out the ICC initiative to ensure the beaches remain clean and litter-free.
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