140 bags of rubbish have been collected, which amounted to 2.3 tones of waste of all types collected in 5 hours by NGOs during a clean-up of Comino and included bottles, bottles and even more bottles…….
“Even though technically Comino is not our home, we still must preserve its natural beauty and unique environment,” said NGO Nadur Nadif.
That is why on Saturday, the Nadur Nadif [1] volunteers in collaboration with Din l-Art Helwa [2], @The Cast-Out [3] Project and 7R Lifestyle Malta [4] joined together and collected a total of 140 bags of trash in just 5 hours.
All in all this amounts to approximately 2.3 tons of trash, not including all the waste that was previously collected in past clean up events.
Nadur Nadif stated that “although we are elated to have achieved such a successful joint event, working to conserve the island’s ecosystem – the obscene amount of garbage we gathered is shocking.”
It highlighted the fact that previous initiatives by a number of government agencies have “fallen short, there is still much more work in Comino that needs implementing.”
The NGO stressed that there is a need for an EPU (Environmental Protection Unit) and Environmental Rangers stationed on Comino, together with more investment in the Comino cleansing department, and in its police force.
“We urge authorities to act upon these issues, but ask for tourists and visitors to take greater accountability for their actions too,” Nadur Nadif said.
It pointed out that “anyone visiting Comino, or any other of our environmentally protected Maltese sites must help to protect our islands, keeping them clean by disposing of their waste responsibly.”
Nadur Nadif concluded by saying that “taking the initiative to organise small clean-ups around the island surely wouldn’t hurt. Let’s be the solution to the conservation of such sites and not the problem!”
Photos: Nadur Nadif