Beach cleaners: People are dumping trash all over
Marianas Outrigger Club cleaned at Obyan Beach and Ladder Beach on April 12, 2015, as part of the Marianas Visitors Authority’s Beautify My Marianas program. (Contributed Photo)
“People are dumping trash all over the place.”
That’s how one group participating in the Beautify My Marianas program sees it, after doing several cleanups in separate locations around Saipan.
On April 11, 2015, Friends for Life picked up trash along a two-mile stretch from Oleai Beach to Sugar Dock in Susupe.
“We found our faces in gruesome trash…such as many beer cans and plates with leftover meals….plastic bottles, plastic bags, plastic forks, plastic spoons, foam plates, tissues, cardboard, soda cans, and juice boxes,” said the group in their post-cleanup report. “It’s making this place look filthy because people are dumping trash all over the place.”
The Beautify My Marianas program offers $100 for each 1-mile cleanup in assigned areas and is coordinated by the Marianas Visitors Authority.
Marians Outrigger Club cleaned at Obyan Beach and Ladder Beach on April 12, 2015.
The bulk of trash found at Ladder Beach was in the caves where people normally go for partying or bonfires, said the group in their report. “Surprisingly there wasn’t much trash. It pales in comparison to Sugar Dock and behind Aquarius [Beach Tower].”
“If we want visitors to think our islands are a special place to visit, we also need to act like it’s a special place,” said MVA Community Projects manager Martin Duenas. “Many beachgoers have good intentions and bag their trash, but stray dogs can come along and easily rip open those bags. We’re encouraging everyone to go the extra mile and ensure their trash bags are not left lying around. This is one of the best ways we can help end this trash problem, for all our sakes.”
For more information on Beautify My Marianas or an application, visit the MVA homepage at www.mymarianas.com. Groups must apply to participate and document their cleanup with a written report, list of participants, and photos. (MVA)
this is both a warning and a guarantee:IF THE CNMI GOV PASS SUCH A BILL: UNCLE SAM WILL GO TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND BRING BACK A DOCUMENT CALLED “EMINENT DOMAIN” THIS GUY HAS NEVER BEEN TO WASHINGTON, HAS NEVER SPOKEN WITH THE “MACHINE”. HE’S TRYING A LAST DITCH EFFORT FOR HIS CHINESE “INVESTOR” PAY MASTERS, BUT HE’LL POKE THE TIGER IN THE EYE. AND YOU GUYS WON’T LIKE THE OUTCOME. FORWARN IS FORETOLD!
Tired of hearing about the incompetent NMI Govt in regards to littering. Kick some ass and have these so called “litter police’ and DPS issue tickets to the miscreants bring them to court, fine them $500 (for starters, which is in the law) also have them do community service (which is also in the law) cleaning up the trash.
If tourists then ticket the tour agent, the tour escort an the tourist, oput a “hold” on any of them leaving until fine paid.
This WILL get attention and make a big difference.
As with so many issues on this island, the problem is with ENFORCEMENT. Ai adai.
ENforcement? All that money that went to them… where is it now? ALl wasted down the drainage….
Buenas Captain,
Based on our observation, the beach trash bins had been used as the dumping ground for individual’s house hold trashes. Every now and then, we would see individuals would dump trashes at the beach with the help of another individual who owns a truck. In some areas, there is a coordinate effort to dump their household trash at the beach each week or month. We had confronted such individuals in the past and their excuse was nobody cares. Such coordinate behaviors are hard to catch or punish, because it was done during the cover of darkness.
Yup!!!
Ban the plastic bags, the bento trays, the plastic knives and forks and spoons, require a deposit on all containers…there problem solved.
Islanders,WE have been blessed with this beautiful Island, it is OUR duty to maintain the beauty not just for us, but for the tourist. so many of us depend on
tourism we do not want OUR visitors returning home with a bad impression
of Saipan.