Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Authority and public-private joint underwater waterside cleanup activity

□ Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Authority and the Hwaseong City Branch of the Special Mission Meritorious Service Association conducted a joint public-private underwater and waterside cleanup activity near Jebu Marina.

❍ On August 23, Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Authority (CEO Seok-gu Kim) conducted underwater and waterside cleanup activities in the Jebu Marina area in cooperation with the Hwaseong branch of the Special Mission Meritorious Service Association, a public-private organization.

❍ This event is being held for three consecutive years, starting in 2022, and about 100 people, including 25 professional divers, members of Jebu Marina, and Hwaseong City Branch, participated.

❍ Professional divers collected discarded fishing nets, ropes, and other waste materials that had been abandoned underwater. Starting from the Jebu Marina area, they walked to the nearby areas to clean up the waterside, picking up fallen trash.

❍ Regarding this underwater waterside cleanup activity, Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Authority President Seok-gu Kim stated, “We will continue underwater cleanup activities to create a clean and safe marine environment free of marine debris, and we will also carry out various marine environment conservation activities so that many people can participate in marine environment conservation.”

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Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek Port Authority and public-private joint underwater waterside cleanup activity