DKSH, Reef Check Join Forces To Make Malaysian Beaches Clean

DKSH joined Reef Check Malaysia and volunteers around the world to perform a nationwide beach clean-up, in conjunction with the International Coastal Clean-up Day, on September 10.

The International Coastal Clean-up Day is a global event that has been running for 35 years, during which volunteers all around the world engage and encourage their communities to take sustainable action by removing trash from beaches or oceans, identifying the sources of the litter, and inspire change in beating marine debris pollution.

As part of DKSH Malaysia’s marine conservation corporate social responsibility program, approximately 140 DKSH employees from eight different states gathered and rolled up their sleeves on the same day to clean the following beaches:
•    Pantai Batu Layar, Johor; 
•    Pantai Geting, Kelantan; 
•    Pantai Teluk Likas, Sabah; 
•    Pantai Telok Cempedak, Pahang; 
•    Pantai Pasir Panjang, Sarawak; 
•    Pantai Klebang, Melaka; 
•    Persisiran Pantai Queensbay, Penang; and 
•    Pantai Bagan Lalang, Selangor

A total of 456.3kg of coastal trash was collected through the program and data showed that the most common debris were cigarette butts, plastic bags, and plastic beverage bottles.

Continuing its efforts in the conservation of marine ecosystems, DKSH Malaysia will be organizing an underwater clean-up program at Pulau Tenggol next month. 

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