Chennai Coastal Cleanup 6 - Post-event Statistics & Photos

Thank you for participating in the 6th edition of our Coastal Cleanup.

An initial shortlist of photos from our photography team has been uploaded over here. Do share/tag/comment/like.

Elaborate zone-wise photo albums are be being uploaded on our Facebook Page. Check today/tomorrow for regular updates.

This morning, 5500 volunteers cleaned up 29 tons of garbage from the beaches between Marina and Pondicherry as part of 6th year edition of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup, an initiative to create awareness among the public on the environmental impact of the increasing garbage footprint and health hazards of plastics. 120 major Corporates, NGOs, schools and other groups participated in the event on Sunday morning between 6-9am. The volunteers segregated garbage in three major categories: 13% glass, 32% recyclable waste (plastics, sandals, cardboard, fishing nets, etc.) and 54% of non-recyclable waste. 45% of the total volume of garbage collected will be recycled by Earth Recycler and the remaining garbage will move to the garbage dump.

The cleanup campaign is organized by the Chennai Trekking Club (CTC) in association with Clean Chennai, an initiative from the Chennai Corporation. CTC is a large 25 thousand member volunteer based non-profit group which organizes outdoors, sports and environmental events throughout the year. As part of the event, the Environmental Foundation of India completed their 100^th lake cleanup covering two lakes: Keezhkattalai lake and Mudichur lake.

Zone-wise statistics

S. No	Zone	Volunteers	Glass bags	Recycle bags	Others bags	Total	Weight
1	Marina	840	19	25	47	91
2	Lighthouse	270	4	35	9	48
3	Santhome	450	15	30	65	110
4	Foreshore	600	13	32	28	73
5	Broken Bridge	628	5	60	120	185
6	Besant Nagar	480	14	25	20	59
7	Kalakshetra	120	2	6	15	23
8	Tirunvanmyur	670	11	27	24	62
9	Kottivakam	241	1	12	8	21
10	Neelankarai	168	7	27	14	48
13	Akkarai	125	3	16	1	20
14	Panayur	120	5	8	4	17
15	Uthandi	67	8	3	10	21
16	Keezhkattalai Lake	225					2000
17	Mudichur Lake	50					520
18	Pondicherry	450	13		50	63
		5504	120	306	415	841
	Weight/bag		30	28	35
	Total (kg)		3600	8568	14525	26693	29213
	Percentage		13%	32%	54%

India Clean Sweep

10 regional NGOs in 9 cities across South India joined hands with the Chennai Coastal Cleanup under the India Clean Sweep umbrella to take the awareness to a national level: Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Vizag, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur, and Dharmapuri. 350 volunteers across these 9 cities collected 5 tons of garbage. Participating NGOs included EFI, RAAC, MC3 Trust, Anbum Aramum, Great Hyderabad Adventure Club, MEECONS, Nellai nature Club, Maram Madurai, Natives of Thanjavur, Sacred Heart School.

	City	Headcount	#bags	kg/bag	total (kg)
1	Coimbatore	20			3000
2	Dharmapuri	20	15	12	180
3	Kanyakumari	50	25	12	300
4	Thanjavur	20	15	12	180
5	Tirunelveli	25	10	12	120
6	Tuticorin	80	15	12	180
7	Vishakapatnam	80	50	12	600
8	Hyderabad	25	20	12	240
9	Madurai	30			250
	Total	350			5050