Reusable items from cleanthon to be used in creative art

MORE than 200 people took part in a clean-up hosted by the Port Moresby Nature Park in partnership with National Capital District Waste, Active City and Pacific Palms Property over the weekend.
The cleanathon was part of a global campaign for people to take the initiative in cleaning up the environment in which they live after a man cleaned up rubbish and posted it online.
The weekend activity saw families, schools and business houses participating in the cleaning up of Ela Beach.
Some of the schools that participated included Gordon International, Port Moresby International and Port Moresby Grammar.
Nature Park’s general manager Michelle McGeorge, who also took part, said she was surprised by the amount of rubbish, particularly smaller broken-down rubbish that was collected.
McGeorge stressed that it was important for everyone to pay attention to how much rubbish they produced daily and how it could be reduced and disposed of properly so that it did not end up in drains, water streams and the ocean.
She said it was up to all Papua New Guineans to reduce the amount of waste they generated as collectively it placed an immense burden on the city.
The trash collected were sorted out and reusable items separated for an upcoming creative art event that would be hosted by Nature Park.