A total of 63 bags of plastics, bottles and other rubbish weighing 587 kilogrammes were collected during a beach cleaning activity at Meragang Beach, organised by the Bandar Seri Begawan Indian Association (BSBIA) with the support from the Department of Environment, Parks & Recreation (JASTRe) yesterday.
More than 60 participants from BSBIA and volunteers joined the event, the fourth time such an activity was carried out by the association.
BSBIA President N M Mubarak said, “The event is purely a community service as it contributes to the society.
“The event was initiated to make the public aware of the need to keep the environment clean and tidy, so that the planet could be kept pollution-free.”
