On Saturday the 11th of January, EDA members, in partnership with @dpworlduae, @dmarinmiddleeast, and @imdaadofficial, successfully removed 467kg of ocean waste from D-Marin’s Marsa Al Arab Marina with 37 divers and a 20-strong support team as part of this year’s first Cleanup Arabia campaign!
A big shout out to everyone for another successful clean-up morning, and thank you to D-Marin for generously catering the event.
The majority of items collected were construction materials, including a lot of black piping and ropes. Two vapes, a carpet, a plastic chair, a pair of sunglasses, a mobile phone, a fin, a tennis ball, and a plastic letter ‘D’ were the most unusual items found amongst the most likely to find items counted.
Cleanup Arabia was first launched by EDA in 1995, bringing together ocean enthusiasts and environmental activists to protect the coastal areas of the UAE. To date, the initiative has removed a total of 62,009.89kg of waste from the country’s coastal areas.
We’re also grateful to our waste partner, Imdaad LLC, who responsibly collect and dispose of the waste and provide exceptional volunteer support for our divers.
All the event photos can be found in the D-Marin Marsa Al Arab Photos link in our profile!
