Around 1000 volunteer participated last September 19, 2015 to commemorate International Coastal Cleanup at Timalan Balsahan in Naic Cavite. Those who attended were representative of Knights of Columbus, Coast Guard, Cavite Office of Public Safety – Environmental Protection Operation Division, Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Bureau of Fire Protection, and students of La Salle GreenHills. Residence of Brgy Munting Mapino as well as students of Cavite State University Naic took part in the cleanup on the stretch of Bancaan, Bagong Kalsada and Bucana Malaki.
During the Cleanup, volunteers don’t just pick up trash and debris but they RECORD information about them in a standardized OCEAN TRASH DATA FORM. They tally debris items listed in the data card which are categorized according to the most likely to be found, fishing gear, packaging materials, personal hygiene and other materials during land and underwater cleanups to ascertain how debris differs above and below the waterline. The resulting body of data becomes the Marine Debris Index which provides item -by -item, location -by -location accounting of what’s trashing the world's ocean.
According to one of the volunteers of Munting Mapino most of the trash they gathered were plastics bags, rubber slippers and other trash that were washed on their shore from nearby barangays.
During the Cleanup, volunteers don’t just pick up trash and debris but they RECORD information about them in a standardized OCEAN TRASH DATA FORM. They tally debris items listed in the data card which are categorized according to the most likely to be found, fishing gear, packaging materials, personal hygiene and other materials during land and underwater cleanups to ascertain how debris differs above and below the waterline. The resulting body of data becomes the Marine Debris Index which provides item -by -item, location -by -location accounting of what’s trashing the world's ocean.
According to one of the volunteers of Munting Mapino most of the trash they gathered were plastics bags, rubber slippers and other trash that were washed on their shore from nearby barangays.
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