Klinim Mosbi campaign launched

The National Capital District Commission’s Klinim Mosbi campaign in partnership with Sustainable Coastlines PNG was launched yesterday.
At the launching, students from Koki Primary School and Philip Aravure School did a clean-up of Ela Beach along with the groups. The campaign will end on Nov 13.
Chief executive officer of Sustainable Coastlines PNG Ryley Webster said they were providing an opportunity for groups, schools and businesses to be involves in looking after their local area. “It is not just about doing the clean-up but it’s about understanding what we can do every day to reduce the impact on the health of our coastlines from littering,” Webster said.
He said the less the rubbish people had in their community, the fewer sick people in the community because rubbish bred mosquitoes and diseases.
He said burning of plastics caused cancer through the chemicals it released.
He said, even when plastics got into the ocean, it broke into small pieces and the small pieces were eaten by fish and people ate the fish.
NCDC waste manager Joshua Sam said the idea was to run the programme before the under-20 women’s World Cup in Port Moresby next month.
The campaign is inviting groups, schools, organisations and churches were to register at all Stop’N Shop centres or online for participation in the campaign.