By Nazario Rodriguez Jr.
Horizon news staff

Senator Caleb Otto picked every bit of trash along the way including cigarette butts as he joined last Saturday’s pick-n-walk, an annual event of Earth Day activities.
The picking of trash wherever Otto finds one and during his regular exercises became a habit for the lawmaker.
The day before the race while still off island for an official trip, Otto’s heroic act to make the environment clean was rewarded.
The Senator is this year’s individual recipient of the Environmental Excellence Award.
His wife Judy accepted the award from Kliu Basilius, EQPB’s Environmental Outreach Officer, during the Earth Day activities at the Midtown Mobil.
Students from the Melekeok Elementary School (16 5th-8th graders and teacher Kerungil Tellei) were awarded with the Environmental Excellence for Group Category. These students pick-up trash along the roads as well as clean the surroundings during weekends in their State.
Koror State was given the Environmental Excellence Award for government category for the second straight year.
Basilius said that KSG was selected again because of its work in setting-up waste segregation that aimed to reduce the amount of trash as well as its work in helping to educate the public of this program.
The EQPB, the lead agency in the annual Earth Day activity, also gave KSG the same award when it is on planning stage.
Basilius explained that the KSG is now on the implementation and are making progress in how it educates the public and how the people accept the program.
KSG has set-up segration stations in Dngeronger, Ngerbeched and Ngesaol.