Informing the DENR-NCR as early as possible will help the agency ensure volunteers are well-distributed among the chosen 2019 ICCD
cleanup sites and not merely concentrated in any of these locations, she noted.
Panelo said the
cleanup would start as soon as funds from the Road Users' Tax are made available.
Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean
Cleanup, said the project would not have been feasible without partners around the world, including Dubai-based Ecocoast.
'Now in 2018, we expected that
cleanup would have started since January, but HYPREP and government officials are giving conflicting
cleanup dates, and this is very frustrating.
Proclamation 470 series of 2003 declared the third Saturday of September each year as ICC Day in observance of global coastal
cleanup celebrations.
Groundwater monitoring will be conducted to ensure the effectiveness of the
cleanup technology.
Chrome
Cleanup is included in the latest version of Google Chrome.
Berkoff says the plan will include
cleanup of the Zinc Smelter Site itself.
This year's event is part of the International Coastal
Cleanup effort and falls on National Public Lands Day.
The first
cleanup was initiated in May by environmentalist and Green Abu Dhabi founder Suhail Jashanmal in an endeavour to protect the mangroves, an integral part of the country's coastal ecosystem, at Al Sda Street towards Sea Palace along the New Corniche area.
Blackstone Valley Community Action Program, Pawtucket, $200,000 (
cleanup grant, Lonsdale Ave.)