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Company Initiates Cleanup Campaign Along Highway

- WAISEA NASOKIA Edited by Karalaini Waqanidrol­a Feedback: waisean@fijisun.com.fj

Awaste care management company caught on camera dumping rubbish illegally at Nabou, Nadroga has launched a clean-up campaign.

About 20 staff members of Waste Clear (Fiji) Limited including their families not only picked up rubbish but also cleared up huge piles of litter dumped by the public at various spots along the Nabou corridor on Saturday. Director Sanjeev Chand said this was the input from their staff in compliance with the Fijian Government view on Climate Change.

“This is not the response to the media attention we received,” Mr Chand said. “We let our action speak louder than our words,” he said. “Yes, there was a mistake done by an employee but it was not the business.”

Apart from picking up rubbish the company also used their front loader compactor trucks, which have 32 cubic metres of loading space to clear out heaps of rubbish along the highway. Mr Chand added that in future they will team up with various communitie­s to work with the Government’s undertakin­g of a cleaner environmen­t.

He said they would be liaising with the municipali­ty where their businesses were operating in.

“This is the first part of it as we embark to take bigger challenges. Next is to call on the public to help in the fight at the same note we will be assisting with the use of our resources,” he said.

Mr Chand thanked the Police department for the traffic management during their clean-up campaign.

 ?? Photo: Waisea Nasokia ?? Waste Clear (Fiji) Limited staff members and their families picked up rubbish along the highway at Nabou, Nadroga on August 5, 2017.
Photo: Waisea Nasokia Waste Clear (Fiji) Limited staff members and their families picked up rubbish along the highway at Nabou, Nadroga on August 5, 2017.
 ?? Photo: Waisea Nasokia ?? Waste Clear (Fiji) Limited staff members and their families during their clean up campaign at Nabou, Nadroga on August 5, 2017.
Photo: Waisea Nasokia Waste Clear (Fiji) Limited staff members and their families during their clean up campaign at Nabou, Nadroga on August 5, 2017.
 ?? Photo: Waisea Nasokia ?? Waste Clear (Fiji) Limited used their big loading trucks to help staff and their families pick up rubbish along Nabou, Nadroga on August 5, 2017.
Photo: Waisea Nasokia Waste Clear (Fiji) Limited used their big loading trucks to help staff and their families pick up rubbish along Nabou, Nadroga on August 5, 2017.

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