Members of the CYEN collected several bags of garbage throughout the morning and went through each piece of trash methodically.
Coastal clean up continues today
Sun, 09/18/2016 - 12:58am
By:
Janelle Husbands
BARBADOS joined the rest of the world yesterday in marking Coastal Clean-up Day by seeking to collect any trash indiscriminately or inadvertently left behind on the fragile coastline of the island.
The Barbados International Coastal Initiative is encouraging Barbarians to join them as they dedicate one weekend for four weeks to clean 50 beaches in the north, south, east and west of the island, in keeping with the Jubilee celebration's for the island's upcoming Independence celebrations.
Yesterday, individuals and groups would have made their way to the south of the island, however, the inclemency of
the weather forced some of them to call off their clean-up efforts.
The group from the Caribbean Youth Environment Network with other individuals trekked to Silver Sands beach where they collected bags of garbage, after which they carefully sifted, sorted and documented every piece collected for record-keeping purposes.
Later the group made their way to the Enterprise Beach, popularly known as Miami Beach, where they were assisted by Japanese Ambassador to Barbados His Excellency Nobuhiro Matsuoka, his wife Michiko Matsuoka and Sho Homma.
Several plastic items were collected, including a digital camera, a baby's diaper and bags to name a few.
Today the weekend drive will continue on the south coast, this time tackling Carlisle Bay, Pebbles Beach, Drill Hall Beach, Hastings Boardwalk, Rockley, Worthing Beach, Dover Beach and Maxwell beach. Next week the clean up initiative will head to the east of the island.