Foundation rids bay of 2.4 tons of rubbish

Over 2,400 kilograms of various forms of litter were cleaned around Xemxija Bay by the QLZH Foundation, the philanthropic arm of environmentally-aware QuickLets and Zanzi Homes as part of their summer campaign to beautify the Maltese seascape. This is the fourth year running that the QLZH Foundation has organised similar activities promising from one year to the other to go bigger and clean larger spaces.

[attach id=907881 size="medium" align="right" type="image"]The volunteers picked up all sorts of litter from the seabed, including tyres, plastic waste and an engine, in an initiative by the QLZH Foundation.[/attach]

This year, the QLZH Foundation decided to bring together other organisations that share their similar love for the environment and have gathered over 100 volunteers to give Fekruna Bay some much-needed attention.

Divers, snorkellers and helpers on boats and land gave a hand to collect irresponsibly-disposed waste both in the sea and the surrounding bay. Among the junk collecting, forming part of the impressive 2,418 kilograms of rubbish, were over 100 kilos of ocean plastic, 1,140 kilos of iron, 40 tyres amounting to 416 kilos as well as 72 kilos of waste on land...