The Pioneer Adhesives Foundation's team and volunteers
Recently, the Pioneer
Adhesives Foundation, Inc. conducted a
beach cleanup event at Villa Beach in Arevalo, Iloilo City. Over 100 volunteers
participated in the event, which concluded with over 300 kilograms of trash
being collected from the beach and properly disposed of.
The beach cleanup underway
The event was spearheaded by
Pioneer Adhesives Foundation’s Executive Director Martina Spakowski, in
fulfillment of the organization’s advocacy of education, disaster relief, and
environmental protection.
“The Philippines is home to the most abundant and diverse marine ecosystems on the planet and it is terribly under threat due to several factors, one of which being that we are the third largest contributor of ocean trash in the world. This threat can be eliminated and we believe that by involving individuals in activities like this they will begin to realize the environmental impacts of our daily habits and this hopefully leads to smarter purchase decisions to reduce our trash output.” ~Martina Spakowski, Pioneer Adhesives Foundation’s Executive Director
The beach cleanup
represented both a drive for awareness and a concrete action to help protect
our environment. It was a timely gesture that reflects the values of World
Environment Day, which took place just recently on June 5 and in which more
than 143 countries are a part of every year. This year’s theme was “Beat
Plastic Pollution” and Pioneer’s beach cleanup support this thrust by
preventing over 300kgs of trash from entering the ocean and posing a threat to
marine life.
Volunteers sign up for the beach clean-up
In a time when trash is
beginning to fill our oceans and marine life is being threatened, the call to
action has never been louder for us to do our part and make more conscious
decisions to help preserve the life of our oceans.
It is through The Foundation
that Pioneer Adhesives, Inc. spreads its commitment as a responsible Filipino
company.
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