Chennai Coastal Cleanup
On June 7th, 7000 volunteers are expected to clean up 50 tonnes of garbages from 20km of Chennai beaches between Marina and Pondicherry as part of 6th year edition of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup, an initiative to create environmental awareness among the public on the increasing garbage footprint and the negative impact of plastics on our environment and health. More then 120 major Corporates, NGOs and schools will be participating in the event on Sunday morning between 6-9am. Around 85% of the collected garbage will be segregated and recycled to minimize the waste which will move to the garbage dump. The cleanup campaign is organized by the Chennai Trekking Club - a large 25 thousand member volunteer group which organizes several outdoors, sports and environmental events throughout the year.
Sponsors & Partners
We are thanking our official Sponsors and Partners for their support in enabling us to organize the Chennai Coastal Cleanup free of cost for (non-Corporate) participating volunteers:
Flash Mob, Street Play, Mime
CTC's performance team has been out in malls, beaches and IT Parks to spread awareness on the Chennai Coastal Cleanup and sensitize the public on the non use of Plastics.
Every Growing Army
Below list of 120 Corporates, NGOs, schools and other groups are joining forces in our every growing green army in the battle against plastic:
| ABCO Advisory Services India Pvt Ltd | Innowave Healthcare | SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL SPORTS ACADEMY |
| Adityaa Agro | Seashore Town Plot Owners and Residents Association | |
| Ameex Technologies | Isha Homes India Private Limited | SharePoint Frontier |
| ANCESTORS EDUCATION (P) LTD | J.K FENNER INDIA LIMITED | Shell's colleagues |
| AROBOT Chennai | Jade payments | sohes |
| Art of Living | Jeevitham | SPAAAK |
| Aspire Systems Limited | K2B Solutions | St. Mary's Educational Trust |
| Atmel R&D India Pvt Ltd | K7 Computing pvt ltd | Students |
| AWARE | Karky Research Organization | SUBHAS Scout Group |
| Barclays Shared Services | kidobotikz | Sundram Fasteners Limited |
| Bharathi Scout Group | L & T Infotech | Symrise Private Limited |
| Bhumi | Land mark Constructions | Synergy Maritime Private Limited |
| Care and welfare | Lenox | Tambram thunderbolt running group |
| Caterpillar - ATS, India | LET US CLEAN CHENNAI | Tata Consultancy Services |
| Chennai Astronomy Club | Lions Club of Chennai Triplicane | Techdew UX Design & Consulting Firm |
| Chennai Runners Marina Minnals | Lister Metropolis | Techfront friends forum |
| Chennai Volunteers | MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD MRV | The Anthem of the Phoenix |
| Chromepet Cheetahs | Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd | The Crew |
| CMA CGM Shared Service Centre India Pvt.Ltd | Mobius knowledge services | The Megha Foundation-Saranalaya children |
| CNSI | Momentive Performance Materials (India) Pvt Ltd | Thiruvalluvar Gurugulam School |
| Cognizant | My Master, Chrompet | Thomson Reuters |
| CPS Global School | Namma Beach Namma Chennai | Thozhan |
| CSC India Pvt Ltd | NiN Society | UST Global |
| Dell Business Process Solution India Pvt Ltd | Nokia Networks | Verizon |
| DEVI ACADEMY SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL | OFFICERS TRAINING ACADEMY | Vernalis |
| Dr.Gupta's Dental Specialties Centre | p.s.senior secondary school | Vibrant Vellachery |
| Ernst & Young Foundation | Panayur Friends Group | Virtusa Software Services |
| Federal Bank Ltd | Paperman | Visual BI Solutions |
| Freshdesk | Pasumai | Visumbu Org |
| Frost & Sullivan | Patel Scouts & Guides | VRV |
| GAVS Technologies Pvt. Ltd | PerkinElmer Healtcare | WABCO India Limited |
| Give Smiles | Ponnovi Creatives | WCCG |
| GLD MOVEMENT | Prokarma Softech Pvt Ltd, DLF | wipro technologies |
| Heat and Control (South Asia) Pvt Ltd. | Quadrant 4 Software Solutions(p) Ltd | Xpitax Solution Pvt ltd |
| HLL Biotech Limited | Rapid Response | Yaavaarkum |
| HTC Global Services Inc | Royal Bank of Scotland | YOUTH FOR SEVA |
| Hyatt Regency Chennai | RR Donnelley | Aam Aadmi Party - TNtt |
| ICON Clinical Research | Saggezza India Pvt Ltd | |
| iNautix Technologies India Private Ltd | Saint Gobain Research India |
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
On Sunday volunteers will be segregation the collected garbage in three major categories to enable maximum recycling (estimated 85%) and minimize the waste which moves to the garbage dump:
- Glass Bottles : (Alcohol Bottles, Broken Glass pieces, Broken Glass bottles, Glass Medicinal Bottles and other Glass Items)
- Recyclables : (All polythene wrappers, Carry Bags, PET Bottles, Plastic Containers, Water Pockets, Thermocol, Milk Covers, Shoes, Slippers, Papers, Card-boards and all kind of Plastic materials)
- Others : (Fishing Nets, Styrofoam, flowers, Co-count shells, Organic Wastes, Cloths, wooden scraps, ropes and anything not covered in the above two categories)
Beyond Chennai
10 Regional NGOs in 9 major cities across South India are joining hands with us on Sunday under the India Clean Sweep umbrella to take the awareness to a national level:
City
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Participating NGOs
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Cleanup Location
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Pondy
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CTC
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Gandhi Beach/Rock Beach
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Coimbatore
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Environmental Foundation of India,
RAAC
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Selva Chinthamani Kulam
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MC3Trust
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Mettupalayam Road stretch
| |
Dharmapuri
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Anbum Aramum
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Ramakkal lake
|
Hyderabad
|
Great Hyderabad
Adventure Club
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Khajaguda lake
|
Tirunelveli
|
Nellai Nature Club
|
Anaiyar Pond
|
Kanyakumari
|
Sacred Heart Intl School
|
Colachel Beach
|
Madurai
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Maram Madurai
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Awareness Campaign at Apartments
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Thanjavur
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Natives of Thanjavur
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Saamanthaan Kulam
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Vizag
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MEECONS
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King George Hospital
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Creating Awareness
As part of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup many other ongoing initiatives are happening to create environmental awareness:
| Initiative | Details |
| #NoPlasticChallenge | http://www.chennaitrekkers. |
| Plastic Mela | http://www.chennaitrekkers. |
| Say no to plastic - mugs, bottles | http://www.chennaitrekkers. |
| Recycle & Plastic Free shopping | http://www.chennaitrekkers. |
Say No to Paper/Plastic Cups
Have you ordered your personalized CTC #ChennaiCoastalCleanup mug yet to eliminate the use of paper/plastic cups in your daily routine? The average lifespan of a cup is just a few minutes before it adds to our ever growing garbage footprint. If not yet, get it now.
Media
Photo shoots, video shoots, mock cleanups are ongoing in preparation of news promos and articles to carry our message across the city:
Memento
After the cleanup on Sunday morning don't miss out to collect your terracotta CCC6 cup with your beach zone coordinator. The mug is sponsored by Organic Green Cafe T Nagar:
Contacts
Peter - 9600004509
Prabakar - 9840130464
Siva - 9894069761
Vinodh - 9944649994
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