{"id":308675,"date":"2019-09-25T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=308675"},"modified":"2019-09-25T06:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T20:00:34","slug":"over-8k-lbs-of-trash-collected-during-micronesia-cleanup-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/over-8k-lbs-of-trash-collected-during-micronesia-cleanup-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 8K lbs of trash collected during Micronesia Cleanup Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HAGATNA, Guam\u2014<\/strong>Last Friday\u2019s Micronesia Cleanup Day resulted in the collection of 8,240 lbs of trash. Cleanup sites included Tagachang Beach, Pagat Cave, Marbo Cave, and Tanguisson Beach. The Leon Guerrero-Tenorio administration hosted the initiative in support of a regional effort to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to smaller waste items, trash collected also included 14 white goods\/appliances (refrigerators, freezers, and stoves), commercial and tin roofing, a pickup bed, two mattress sets with metal frames, five vehicles, 53 tires, and two loads of green waste.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough it was not the initial intent of this cleanup, we are grateful that this trash has been removed and no longer poses a threat to human health, especially in light of two locally acquired cases of the dengue virus. It is alarming to hear how much trash was collected in a few hours. We urge all residents to do their part to minimize the risk of spreading the dengue virus, which is transmitted through mosquitoes. They can do so by eliminating mosquito breeding sites around their homes,\u201d said Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero.<\/p>\n<p>Micronesia Cleanup Day was a direct result of Leon Guerrero\u2019s participation in the Micronesia Island Forum held in Chuuk earlier this year. Hundreds from Guam, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia performed cleanups on their islands simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are overwhelmed by the support from our community, and we look forward to future initiatives with our brothers and sisters in Micronesia. A unified effort ensures we have the greatest impact on combating issues such as climate change or even the spread of the dengue virus,\u201d said Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio.<\/p>\n<p>For photos of the Micronesia Cleanup Day held on Guam, visit the Islandwide Beautification Task Force Facebook or Instagram page @ibtf.gu. <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAGATNA, Guam\u2014Last Friday\u2019s Micronesia Cleanup Day resulted in the collection of 8,240 lbs of trash&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":308642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1806,23580],"class_list":["post-308675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-hagatna","tag-micronesia-cleanup-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}