Last Friday, the beaches behind Lali 4 obtained a thorough cleanup as students from NMC’s Service Learning Program partnered up with CRM’s employees to clean up their Adopt-A-Bin site. It seems the cleanup efforts have had a positive effect in recent months. “Maybe because it was before a weekend, but the beach seemed cleaner than the other times I’ve been here,” said Jon Igitol, outreach coordinator of Mariana Islands Nature Alliance.
In a separate event held last Saturday morning, the Department of Public Health and the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance organized a beach cleanup at the Civic Center beach areas. Over 20 volunteers from Public Health and MINA were present.
The effort was successful for both cleanups! In total, about 31 bags of trash and wood debris were collected, 2 percent of which are recyclable items.
If you would like to volunteer and join the alliance against marine debris, call the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance at 233-REEF, or visit www.minapacific.org.
