Plastic Free Cayman collects 1,150 pounds of garbage at Colliers Beach Loop Cayman Islands

Black Immigrant Daily News

This Saturday morning, Plastic Free Cayman collected 1,150 pounds of garbage in and around Colliers Beach in East End.

Assisting Plastic Free Cayman were 125 good Samaritans from various organisations and primary schools, including teachers, parents and students.

The clean-up brings the total garbage collected by Plastic Free Cayman to over 15,000 pounds since Plastic Free Cayman started their cleanup exercises across Cayman.

Graph showing garbage collected over the years

As to the cause of the large amount of dumping on Cayman’s beautiful beaches, some is attributed to garbage and debris floating to Cayman’s shores from other jurisdictions. However, this is only part of the problem.

The other factor is how beach goers are opting to dispose of their garbage when visiting our beaches. For example, among the findings at Colliers Beach this morning were slippers, tooth brushes, beer bottles and bottlecaps, suggesting that some beach goers are using the beach as a garbage disposal point as well.

Whiskey bottle and plastic bottles collected at Colliers this morning

Plastic Free Cayman, however, is doing lots to help remedy the situation. For example, Plastic Free Cayman continues to stress the need for legislation to ban some single-use plastics. In addition, Plastic Free Cayman encourages stakeholders to enter pledges to reduce the use of single-use plastics and take more environmentally friendly approaches to the environment, especially our beaches.

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