LUCELEC Joins CYEN Intercoastal Cleanup

The day dawned grey and overcast. Having already once postponed the intercoastal cleanup, the volunteers from the St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) were determined that rain or shine, the activity would take place that Saturday in November on Portwee Beach in Mon Repos. This was a cleanup with a difference! LUCELEC partnered with the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) to drive the digital field categorization of waste collected at the site during the clean-up process. This proved to be a far more efficient means of waste categorization as previously, items were catalogued manually, post cleanup. Portwee Beach was one of five locations chosen for Saint Lucia’s observance of international coastal cleanup day. LUCELEC Corporate Communications Officer Carmy Joseph says the company signed up for the activity in demonstration of its commitment to Environmental Sustainability. “We are taking part in the International Coastal cleanup campaign, which originally began in 1986. It is to encourage volunteers and other groups to get involved in keeping the environment clean. What we are looking at right now is actually keeping the waterways clean. This is part of our own giving back, our own Power of Caring.” It should come as no surprise that the...