In a teambuilding activity organised by Valletta Cruise Port management and personnel, close to a tonne of waste was picked up from the inner Grand Harbour area in the area known as Il-Menqa in Marsa, a hugely industrial marine area.
Waste picked up in a couple of hours comprised of nylon tackle and cable ties, polystyrene, PVC, polypropylene, polyethylene and polyurethane with a mix of sponges, detergent and oil bottles, pipes, cables, insulation material, varied disposables, and mixed waste.
This event was organised by Valletta Cruise Port in collaboration with the Coast is Clear voluntary organisation and TimesEvents. Coast is Clear has in the last years, has been cleaning the seas around Malta and Gozo, bringing together various entities to organise land and sea clean ups around the Maltese Islands, and planting trees to make Malta greener.
There is an estimated 75 to 199 million tons of plastic waste currently …