Environmental campaigners collected less waste than last year and are happy with the results, because it shows that a ‘clean up the kingdom’ community initiative appears to be yielding results.

The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Cleanup Bahrain picked up a total of 3,300kg waste last year with its hands-on beach clean-ups, a drop from 7,600kg in the preceding year.

Members staged around 15 drives in 2023 and 2024, together annually attracting more than 500 volunteers. Since the formation of the group in 2016, more than 50,000kg of rubbish has been gathered, including plastic that has been sent for recycling.

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