DENR, PARTNERS HOLD MASSIVE COASTAL CLEANUP DRIVE

DENR, PARTNERS HOLD MASSIVE COASTAL CLEANUP DRIVE. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here, along with partner agencies and volunteers, recently embarked on a massive cleanup drive and collected over 5,200 sacks of wastes in an effort to avert trash from potentially polluting the region’s waterways and coastlines.

During the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day on September 16, about 2,700 personnel of local government units, academe and private organizations joined the DENR in cleaning the coastlines of Balanga Wetland in Barangay Tortugas, Balanga City, Bataan.

DENR Chief of Staff and Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Marilou Erni led the activity and urged the public to practice proper waste segregation and participate in our efforts to conserve the habitat of our marine biodiversity.

The DENR has continued to conduct cleanup activities in support of the National Cleanup Month this September.

This year’s observance of the ICC Day bears the theme “Clean Seas for Healthy Fisheries: Sustainably Feed the Global Population.”

Proclamation No. 470 in 2003 declares the third Saturday of September each year as the ICC Day, which is simultaneously done by other nations worldwide. (-30-)

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