5.6 tonnes of waste cleared from Malaysian beaches

To commemorate World Oceans Day, Nestle Malaysia in collaboration with the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) held a nationwide beach clean-up activity which saw the successful collection of over 5.6 tonnes of waste.

Building on its success with beach clean-up activities in previous years it expanded its efforts to nine locations throughout the country this year.

The nine locations in Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak along with the total amount of waste collected were:  

1. Pantai Remis, Jeram, Kuala Selangor, Selangor – 430kg
2. Pantai Morib, Banting, Selangor – 679kg
3. Pantai Cermin, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan – 1.3 tonnes
4. Pantai Robina, Teluk Air Tawar, Penang – 315kg
5. Pantai Sepat, Kuantan, Pahang – 364kg
6. Pulau Perhentian, Terengganu – 105kg
7. Pantai Batu Layar, Johor – 661kg
8. Pantai Santubong, Sarawak – 1.1 tonnes
9. Pantai Kudat, Sabah – 718kg

MNS president Prof. Dr. Ahmad Ismail said they were very pleased to collaborate with Nestle for this program.

“Initiative like this also educate the public on how improper disposal of plastic waste can contaminate the oceans and threaten marine life. A big thank you to Nestle for doing their part and also for their commitment to make all their packaging 100% recyclable. We hope to further strengthen this partnership with Nestle to continue stepping up our environmental conservation efforts and making the world better for future generations,” he said. 

The beach clean-up activity saw participation from over 600 Nestle employees and their families. It is a program under Nestle’s newly launched global employee volunteer initiative, Nestle Cares, previously known as Nestle ROCKS in Malaysia. Nestle Cares aims to instil a culture of volunteerism amongst employees across the various Nestle markets.

“Nestle is committed to being part of the solution in tackling plastic waste and we aim to make 100% of our packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. To-date, 65% of our product packaging are already designed to be recyclable. We have also committed to eliminate single-use plastic items from all our worksites by September 2019,” .” said Nestle Malaysia CEO Juan Aranols.