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68.75 Kilograms of Waste Collected from Balok Beach
🇲🇾 Malaysia /Environment & Climate

68.75 Kilograms of Waste Collected from Balok Beach

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The OSK Beach Combing program collected 68.75 kilograms of waste, mainly plastic, from 1.4 kilometres of Balok Beach in Kuantan.
  • The year-long initiative involved 100 employees, local residents, volunteers and students.
  • Organizers said studying the waste patterns would help guide more effective long-term marine-litter measures.

Volunteers collected 68.75 kilograms of waste, much of it plastic, while cleaning a 1.4-kilometre stretch of Balok Beach in Kuantan, Malaysia.

The cleanup formed part of OSK Group’s year-long Beach Combing, or Comb-at, program. The company said the effort supports action on marine waste and the sustainability of a Malaysian tourist destination.

We believe that a clean, well-maintained and attractive environment is part of the experience offered to the community and visitors.

— Datuk Saiful Bahri ZainuddinThe OSK Group executive director explained why the company runs the beach-cleaning program.

Executive director Datuk Saiful Bahri Zainuddin said identifying the types and patterns of waste along the shoreline would help the group plan more effective and comprehensive measures over the long term. The program involves the Swiss-Grand Beach Resort Kuantan, an OSK hospitality business that has operated for more than three decades.

About 100 people took part, including OSK employees, local residents, volunteers and students from the Department of Manpower’s Advanced Technology College in Kuantan. Muhammad Azharil Aznaidy Saiful Baharin, 20, who grew up in Balok, said he joined because the beach had been part of his life since childhood and he wanted it to remain clean for future generations.

This beach is not merely a place for recreation, but has become part of the community’s life.

— Muhammad Azharil Aznaidy Saiful BaharinA 20-year-old Balok resident described the beach’s importance to local people.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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