00:01For most people, a Saturday morning at Kuching Waterfront means a leisurely stroll, coffee with friends or a quick jog
00:09overlooking the Sarawak River.
00:12However, for a growing group of volunteers armed with gloves, litter pickers and rubbish bags, it has become a weekly
00:19mission to keep the city clean, one piece of trash at a time.
00:23In less than an hour during a recent clean-up at the old courthouse near the waterfront, volunteers from Trash
00:30Hero Kuching collected 19 kilograms of rubbish, including cigarette butts, plastic cups, food wrappers, bottles and other single-use waste.
00:40Trash Hero Kuching leader Shahrul Ijar said the movement was born from a simple frustration shared by a few friends
00:47who frequently encountered rubbish while exercising around the city.
00:50The group first started in June 2023, with only three people cleaning up around the Kuching Civic Center area, without
00:58any major plans or expectations at the time.
01:02What began as a small initiative among friends has since grown into one of Kuching's most active environmental volunteer movements,
01:09attracting students, government agencies, villages and private companies.
01:14Beyond just picking up rubbish, the group hopes to educate the public on the importance of waste reduction and avoiding
01:21single-use plastics, and hopes more people will continue stepping forward to volunteer, even if only for an hour every
01:28weekend.
01:28Grand Heroes teams!
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