Alphonse team effort to clean beaches

Conservation Officer Pep Nogues reports that on 24 June, ICS Alphonse teamed up with Islands Development Company, Alphonse Island Lodge and Seychelles People’s Defence Forces to clean up the beaches of Alphonse removing a total of 423 kg of marine debris in just 2 hours! This included 106kg of plastic bottles either PET or others, 39kg of footwear such as flip-flops and shoes, 32kg of waste glass and 246kg of miscellany, which included toothbrushes, cigarette butts, lighters, polystyrene foam, toys, car tyres, barrels and a large miscellany of man-made materials.