St. Maarten Pride Foundation is urging residents, visitors and organizations to dispose of their garbage responsibly during and after all beach visits throughout Holy Week, Good Friday and the Easter holidays. In recent years the Foundation has noticed a trend whereby many of the island’s beaches are left covered in garbage, especially after Christmas and the Easter holidays.
Eighteen garbage bins have recently been placed on Mullet Bay Beach and four on Kim Sha Beach in partnership with the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau, Environmental Protection In the Caribbean (EPIC), St. Maarten Pride Foundation, St Maarten Timeshare Association and The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Development, Environment and Infrastructure. (See picture)
Pride calls on the public at large to please make proper use of the garbage bins. Small waste items from beach parties, barbecues etc. should be disposed of in the nearest garbage bin which isn’t yet full or put in the large garbage containers such as the one placed on the Mullet Bay Beach parking-lot.
Odd-sized, large garbage items and full garbage bags should not be placed, in, on, next to or around the small garbage bins nor anywhere else on the beach. These items should be disposed of in the aforementioned large garbage containers or taken back home if no containers are available in the immediate area.
St. Maarten Pride Foundation wishes everyone a blessed and safe Good Friday and Easter weekend.