Smithsonian Earth Day

On April 18th and 19th SBT was invited to participate in the Smithsonian (STRI) Great Beach Clean-up of Cabana and Red Frog beaches as part of an Earth Day celebration. Around 230 volunteers participated in the clean-up and approximately 1.3 tons of trash was collected, sorted, and then recycled or disposed of. About 50%of the trash was recycled.

As a contiuning measure, SBT promoted the idea of having local businesses sponsor the monthly or bi-monthly cleanup of a section of Cabana Beach. Cabana Beach is the first beach many tourists will see in Bocas and the main beach used by local residents. Working with STRI, we are formulating a plan to approach the businesses and ask for sponsorship. We will use the cost data gathered during the Earth Day clean-up to justify the fee. We have already begun to approach certain organizations.

SBT also suggested the use of reusable trash bags for this project. Thereby adding less plastics to the dump.