SUBIC BAY FREEPORT - Close to 4,000 residents, employees, students, and some visitors in this free port joined this year's coastal clean-up drive here that was undertaken in support of the International Coastal Clean-Up Day and in connection with an international study on the global problem of marine trash.
The clean-up, which was held at the two-kilometer beachfront along the Waterfront Road here, was spearheaded by the Lighthouse Marina Resort (LMR) in coordination with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
The activity was also supported by the International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians, Rotary Club of Cubao West, Philippine Marketing Association of Zambales, Moonbay Marina Complex, Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce, Greater Subic Bay Tourism Bureau, and Ideal Niche Business Solutions.
SBMA Administrator Armand Arreza said the marine trash monitoring activity will help policy makers draw better solutions to the problem on marine trash, with the recorded data going to Ocean Conservancy, a non-stock, non-profit organization founded in 1972 to identify global marine threats.
He added that the clean-up drive "is a manifestation of SBMA's support to activities that aim to protect and conserve the environment, particularly to keep Subic Bay "free of pollution."
