International Coastal Cleanup | 2019
Coca-Cola Bangladesh, along with Ocean Conservancy’s country coordinator Kewkradong Bangladesh, has recently concluded the 9th edition of the coastal cleanup and marine conservation drive along the beach of St Martin’s Island as part of its global commitment to create a ‘World Without Waste’ by 2030.
This year, approximately 550 volunteers of different professions have collected more than 1,000-kilogrammes of marine debris.
In last eight years, through similar initiatives, Coca-Cola Bangladesh and Kewkradong Bangladesh together have involved around 37,000 people to the cleaning campaign and collected over 9,500 kilogrammes of marine debris.
With the slogan ‘Pick it up, clean it up, sea change’, the two-day programme was organised as a part of 33rd annual International Coastal Cleanup campaign.
New Age . Online Desk | Published: 17:29, Dec 23,2019
https://www.newagebd.net/article/94439/coca-cola-holds-9th-edition-of-coastal-cleaning-campaign
Volunteers are bringing the collected debris to sorting station, St. Martins Island, Bangladesh. Photo Mustafizur Rahman
They are paving the way for a sustainable and clean environment along the waterways
Coca-Cola Bangladesh, along with Ocean Conservancy’s country coordinator Kewkradong Bangladesh, has successfully concluded the 9th edition of the coastal cleanup and marine conservation drive along the beach of St Martin’s Island as part of its global commitment to create a “World Without Waste” by 2030.
With the slogan ‘Pick it up, clean it up, sea change’, the two-day activity was organised in sync with the 33rd annual International Coastal Cleanup.
This year, approximately 550 volunteers, including students, teachers, local representatives and other professionals participated and collected more than 1,000kg of marine debris.
“The scenic beauty of St. Martin’s Island’s is unparalleled, and as the beautiful coral island attracts huge number of tourists, which always comes with risk of unbalancing the sensitive ecology. This is our ninth edition of the coastal cleanup drive and we hope that together we will be able to reaffirm our global commitment to ‘World Without Waste’ and a greener, cleaner and sustainable environment,” said Ajay Bathija, Country Manager of Coca-Cola Bangladesh.
Local union parisad member Habibur Rahman, Coast Guard Captain Niaz Ahmed & high official of Ministry of Environment Mr. Waker Ahmed were present there.
https://tbsnews.net/environment/coca-cola-and-kewkradong-cleans-st-martins-beaches
Kewkradong and Coca-Cola against sea pollution
Kewkradong Bangladesh, Ocean Conservancy’s country coordinator, in partnership with Coca-Cola Bangladesh, has recently concluded a coastal clean-up and marine conservation drive in St Martin’s island, as part of their global commitment to create a “World Without Waste” by 2030.
Volunteers are collecting debris from the beach of St Martins Island, Bangladesh. Photo Mustafizur Rahman
Approximately 550 volunteers of different professions collected more than 1,000 kgs of marine debris in the 9th edition of the drive this year. Through similar initiatives by Coca-Cola Bangladesh and Kewkradong Bangladesh in the last eight years, around 37,000 people have volunteered and collected over 9,500 kgs of marine debris.
With the slogan ‘Pick it up, clean it up, sea change,’ the two-day activity was organised in sync with 33rd annual International Coastal Cleanup, which also marks the 9th year of collaboration at St. Martin’s, Bangladesh’s only coral island.
On this occasion, Ajay Bathija, Country Manager of Coca-Cola Bangladesh said, “We hope that together we will be able to reaffirm our global commitment to ‘World Without Waste’ and a greener, cleaner and sustainable environment.”
International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer effort – thousands of participants collect millions of pounds of waste from beaches, lakes and waterways. The participants collect non-degradable waste such as cigarette filters, chips packet etc, and sort them and finally dispose it all properly. The information gathered through this initiative is uploaded to Ocean Conservancy’s global ocean trash database.
The aim of the programme is to advocate behavioural change in locals, school students and tourists of St. Martin’s. Volunteers at St. Martin’s are expected to play a key role in spreading the message of how to reduce pollution among peers and other networks upon their return.
