00:00Over 200 corporate citizens turned up with gloves and garbage bags at Quinam Beach today
00:06in commemoration of International Coastal Cleanup Day.
00:11And of course, One Caribbean Media was out and on numbers, doing all parts to help keep a clean scene.
00:18So we're at One Caribbean Media. We're proud to support the International Coastal Cleanup Initiative.
00:23It's all about protecting the environment and especially our coastline.
00:28So Trinidad and Tobago has over, I understand, like 500 kilometers of coastline.
00:33And we play a key role in the Caribbean's blue economy.
00:41A healthy shoreline, our healthy ocean supports jobs, food security and sustainable development.
00:49So we stand in solidarity with our subsidiary Green Dot, helping make a difference.
00:55The event is a global exercise, which has seen more than 380 million pounds of trash collected
01:02since its inception over 35 years ago.
01:05Head of the TNT Energy Chamber, Doc Stryver, emphasized the significance of the event.
01:11So all around the world, people are going onto beaches and seashore and picking up and crucially recording
01:22the garbage, which is unfortunately the pollution, which is affecting so many of us and so many of our coastal areas.
01:30And recording all that information, which is collated, and all of the garbage is taken away.
01:38But more importantly, the information is collected and becomes part of the research around the world
01:45into this issue of plastics and other pollution in coastal areas.
01:51Organizers are reminding the public that coastal pollution can damage ecosystems, disrupt food chains, and threaten marine life.
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