Tag: beach clean-up
Hundreds of shoes cleared from Little Cayman beaches
(CNS): Volunteers collected hundreds of shoes from several beaches on Little Cayman and Owen Island this weekend during the latest Plastic Free Cayman clean-up event. More than 3,000lbs of garbage was cleared from three beaches by the 30 volunteers, and most of what they picked up was plastic, especially plastic slippers. The NGO, which is […]
Plastic activists lament delay on ban
(CNS): The Cayman Islands was set to start 2021 with a ban on some single use plastics but officials have delayed the implementation of the long-promised policy, blaming the COVID-19 pandemic. Now activists believe the early dissolution of parliament has again set back plans to get the plastic ban back on track. After another 1,300lbs […]
Beach cleaners pick up nearly 1,000lb of plastics
(CNS): Volunteers removed over a 1,000lbs of garbage from Grand Cayman’s beaches, most of it plastic, in a clean-up this weekend, with teams working at Barkers Beach in West Bay and beaches in East End, according to a spokesperson for Plastic Free Cayman. As well as highlighting the major issue of marine debris, the haul […]
Activists keep up battle against plastic
(CNS): Activists from Plastic Free Cayman joined forces with young environmentalists from Protect Our Future and local divers in three separate beach and ocean clean-up events this weekend in Beach Bay, George Town Harbour and Smith Cove. Between them, volunteers picked up and hauled out over 1,250 pounds of garbage, much of it plastic and […]
Activists clear over 800lbs of beach plastic
(CNS): Volunteers and activists from Plastic Free Cayman held two major clean-up events on Saturday at beaches in South Sound, where they collected around 822lbs of rubbish, most of which was plastic. Vials of blood were also found among the debris, and while this is not uncommon, the growing challenges countries in the region face […]
Hundreds take part in delayed Earth Day clean-up
(CNS): Hundreds of people across all three Cayman Islands came out on Saturday morning to fill thousands of bags as they cleared the streets, beaches, parks, bustops, roadsides and even mangrove wetlands of rubbish during the delayed Earth Day clean-up. The Chamber of Commerce re-arranged this year’s annual clean-up after the April event was cancelled […]
Activists press on with battle against plastic
(CNS): As the world celebrated Wetlands Day on Sunday, activists in the Cayman Islands were cleaning up beaches on the Sister Islands and in West Bay, as well as preparing for more action on the myriad environmental threats, including the removal of mangroves and plastic pollution. Students from the Protect Our Future campaign and other […]
Pirates plan raid on plastic
(CNS): Pirates will be joining forces with a local NGO next month for a raid on plastic at Safehaven. The Pirates Week Festival announced this week that it has brought back the beach clean-up to this year’s festival and will be partnering with Plastic Free Cayman. Melanie McField, Pirates Week General Manager, said that anyone […]
