And a part of keeping the watershed clean, is cleaning up the environment. That's the idea behind the big cleanup which will take place on all 77 miles of the George Price Highway tomorrow.
It is called "Walk For A Green Belize Clean Up", a collaborative effort between the Belize Audubon Society, the Belize Solid Waste Management Authority and the Department of the Environment. Today organizers came by to tell us why you should get involved:...
Dareece Chuc, Belize Audobon Society Environment Education and Communications Director
"We start in Belize City and end all the way in Benque Viejo. The way it works a group is assigned a mile to clean."
"They are to clean and bag all the garbage they collect and record that information. It is very important this initiative because it shows us that we do have an issue with solid waste management in our country but it also shows we have many Belizeans that care about our country and want to partake in initiatives like this to keep our country clean."
Tyrone Chimilio, Belize Solid Was Management Communications Officer
"The Belize Solid Waste Management Authority is highlighting the importance of Proper Waste Disposal so we are collaborating with the Belize Audubon Society and of course the Department of the Environment is just to highlight the importance of the issues that we have been facing especially when it comes to littering."
"Yes um there is a 200 dollar prize for the group that brings out the most participants in terms of their teams as well as the amount of bags they collect."
The cleanup begins at 7 am tomorrow and it starts at the constitution park in Belize City.
Last year, they collected 785 bags of garbage yielding a weight of approximately nine thousand, eight hundred and six pounds of garbage.
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