The Ministry of Planning and Development is encouraging citizens to register and join Trinidad and Tobago’s leg of the 2023 International Coastal Cleanup.
It is a global exercise involving millions of volunteers all over the world to bring attention to the deleterious effects of marine pollution, especially plastic waste.
This year’s exercise is set for September 16.
The Ministry will be teaming up with the Environmental Management Authority to tackle the Foreshore along the Audrey Jeffers Highway and there are 30 to 40 sites all over Trinidad and Tobago being managed by the Caribbean Network for Integrated Rural Development which coordinates the local chapter of the ICC.
Citizens therefore have the option to join clean-up sites close to their communities.