The annual International Coastal Cleanup will be held on September 19. 2009 at the Mullet Bay Beach.
The event, which has become very popular among local volunteers as well as visiting guests to the island, attracted over 640 volunteers to the Mullet Bay Beach last year for one of the largest cleanup campaigns ever held on a single day on the island.
During the month September, several beaches will be cleaned and cleared of trash, the trash documented, weighed and tallied and the results sent on to the Ocean Conservancy in Washington D.C to be compiled into a final data report.
Local coordinator of the International Coastal Cleanup is the Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation.
Local schools may also conduct the International Coastal Cleanup any time during school hours at one of our beaches; the foundation is asking schools to register with the PRIDE foundation in order to obtain tools and material in order to properly carry out the International Coastal Cleanup and the documentation process.
Last year volunteers picked up a total of 2,703 plastic bags and 4,840 glass bottles from 5 beach locations.
According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) "Marine Litter is one of the most pervasive and solvable pollution problems plaguing the worlds oceans and waterways"
Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation is once again urging the business community and local community organizations to come out and volunteer for the International Coastal Cleanup, come out and give a helping hand to our beaches and oceans.
Schools and the business community can call the Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation on 5231188 to register or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For more information on the International Coastal Cleanup, please go to www.oceanconservancy.org
