Following the success of the Yinson Miri office’s participation in this year’s International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICC Day), the company’s Kuala Lumpur and Singapore offices teamed up to do their part to clean up beaches and combat marine debris and plastics pollution.
The office-wide beach clean-up event was organised as part of Yinson’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts and in partnership with Reef Check, an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to the conservation of coral reefs and marine ecosystems.
Yinson’s Kuala Lumpur and Singapore office’s participation in the event saw over 100 Yinsonites and their family members, removing more than 1,700 items of rubbish from a well-known local beach close to their respective offices.
The Kuala Lumpur office’s beach clean-up took place at Pantai Bagan Lalang, alongside the Sepang Gold Coast in Selangor, while the one in Singapore, took place at Beach B in Coney Island. Armed with biodegradable bags, gloves and tongs, the team scoured the beach and collected a large amount of waste that had washed up, including:
> 580 food wrappers, food take-away containers and all kinds of single-use plastic utensils,
> 530 plastic bottles including bottle caps,
> 350 random packaging materials including plastic and foam bits and pieces,
> 180 cigarette butts,
> 100 plastic and paper bags,
> 50 other things including broken toys and fishing gear.
Although it was tiring work, the Kuala Lumpur Yinsonites were happy to be able to remove a total of 64.14 kg worth of rubbish from the beach at the end of the day, while the Singapore Yinsonites hauled a massive total of 304.88 kg of debris and plastic wastage off their beach.
According to the Director of CEO Office at Yinson, Chai Jia Jun, “The amazing turnout we have witnessed on the day of the event in terms of the sheer number of volunteers from both our Kuala Lumpur and Singapore offices showed just how much we care, both as concerned individuals and as a company whose core values include being sustainable.”
“This event has been awesome in raising awareness on the severity of plastics pollution, especially on our beautiful beaches. If nothing else, I hope that the one key lesson everyone took away from this beach clean-up is that all of us need to do our bit to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics. I can promise you that an event of this nature will not be a one-off thing. Moving forward, the CSR committee will definitely be looking at more ways to do our part to raise the importance of environmental sustainability awareness within the local communities where we operate.” He said.
