Call for all hands on deck for Earth Day Cleanup

| 05/04/2022 | 19 Comments
Cayman News Service
Earth Day Cleanup 2020

(CNS): Young and old are being called on to volunteer for this year’s Chamber of Commerce Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday, 23 April. Businesses, community groups and schools are all encouraged to organise teams and to select a location for the cleanup.  

‘’Keeping our islands clean and green is everyone’s responsibility,’’ said Chamber CEO Wil Pineau. ‘’We are encouraging all residents who care about the environment and want to make a difference in their communities to take a few hours of their time to remove litter from our streets and communities.”

Registration is free and the first 2,000 people who register online will receive a custom-designed Guy Harvey t-shirt and a reusable tote bag.

The Chamber has organised this annual community cleanup for more than 22 years. The event has also been used to share educational information about sustainable environmental and business practices, and this year the focus will be on reducing people’s carbon footprint as well as preserving and protecting the marine and natural environments. Reducing, reusing and recycling will also feature in the campaign.  

Following the cleanup, a brunch for registered volunteers will take place at Coral Beach. The brunch is sponsored RBC, Corona Extra and Coral Beach. For the first time the Chamber is partnering with Corona Extra to organise a plastic weigh-in station.

Individuals over 18 years old can turn in plastic items collected during the cleanup in recyclable bags in exchange for redeemable coupons for Corona products at Blackbeard’s Eastern Avenue store. Corona became the first global beverage brand to achieve a net-zero plastic footprint globally in June 2021.  

For more information contact Vanessa Burke communications@caymanchamber.ky or visit caymanchamber.ky 


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  1. Anonymous says:

    Lead by examples. I would love to see every MoP out on the 26th April picking up rubbish off the streets, beaches, empty lots (if there are any left), parks, playfields etc.

    Then and only then will I know that you all are really concerned about the environment rather than standing on podiums giving out handouts to the peasants who did all your glorified hard work.

  2. ELVIS says:

    Let me know what time and where and ill be there.

    Someone post something here? I love 7 mile beach area and it pains me to see the wendys, burger king, soda and beer bottles, diapers even just strewn around the place.

    this all starts at home folks and with each and every single one of us.
    ATAKE YOUR GARBAGE HOME ITS SIMPLE.

    we actually live in paradise trust me i came from a very poor town.

  3. Elvis says:

    A serious thought needs to be taken in regards to some kind of rat poison too, rats as big as small dogs up west bay beach just past kimptom wow. Stinks too

  4. Anonymous says:

    This all starts from home – parents should set an example for their children and show them that garbage belong in garbage cans and not on the streets or someone’s yard!

  5. Anonymous says:

    Please come to Helen drive, right in the heart of George Town. Helen drive is one of the dirtiest locations in Cayman. Just disgusting and covered in garbage. And stinks…

    Call Kenneth.

    • Anonymous says:

      He won’t answer.

    • Anonymous says:

      Why Helen drive residents won’t organize the cleanup?

    • Anonymous says:

      Call Joey. That road is in his district and right in his backyard. But he’s about as useful as Kenneth. Just look at the condition of Bodden Road (also in his district) despite him being a planning minister for four years.

  6. Anonymous says:

    Perhaps stop it at the source instead. Still wonder where it comes from?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muFlbOPkWXg

  7. Anonymous says:

    Please come to Helen drive, right in the heart of George Town. Helen drive is one of the dirtiest locations in Cayman. Just disgusting and covered in garbage. And stinks.

  8. Anonymous says:

    Greenwashing is everywhere, including at Guy Harvey: giving out fast-fashion branded textiles and tote bags even while the message is to reduce our Carbon Footprint. Talk about institutionalised cluelessness. Only in Cayman would we turn a derelict vacant Dart property cleanup into a beer-sponsored corporate promotion booze-up and spin it as environmentalism. Then wash it down with a couple clueless hamburgers at McBeaters. It’s frankly past time to call out the hypocrisy of those that haven’t cracked the cover on the IPCC’s AR5 from 2014, let alone the 2022 AR6. Doing the exact opposite of the recommendations…on Earth Day. https://www.ipcc.ch

    • Anonymous says:

      You don’t wash beer down with hamburgers; it’s the other way around. I hope your analysis of the IPCC’s AR5 isn’t as backwards. The big question is, “Where will you be on 23 April?” Cleaning up a beach and eating burgers afterwards, or sitting at home calling those who did hypocrites?

      • Anonymous says:

        One day a year COC comes out to offer a token gesture. 22 years, same ol’same ol’. The other 364 days, meh.

        • Anonymous says:

          There are 364 more days of the year that you can do your part and go out and pick-up trash. Or are you just a keyboard environmentalist?

      • Anonymous says:

        I’ll be cutting down a few trees in my yard that morning. Just to piss you off.

    • Anonymous says:

      Don’t forget disposable junk that accompanies every event- from name tags to t-shirts and plastic utensils.

  9. Anonymous says:

    That’s right, pick it all up to make room for more.

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