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Environment clean-up, youth-led beach cleanups make a splash

Updated: Sep 4, 2023

Along the coastal regions of India, young environmental activists are making waves with their dedicated beach clean-up drives.

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Armed with gloves and reusable bags, these passionate individuals are removing tons of plastic waste from beaches, raising awareness about the harmful effects of plastic pollution and environment cleanup on marine ecosystems.


The world's largest beach clean-up project is synonymous with a young Indian lawyer from Mumbai named Afroz Shah.In 2016, he received the UN's top environmental award - Champions of the Earth - for his work cleaning Mumbai's Versova beach.Afroz has been volunteering for more than two years to collect rubbish from Versova beach and teach sustainable waste practices to villagers and slum dwellers along the coastline and creeks.


The article published on yourstory portal: How one young man’s efforts resulted in the world’s largest beach cleanup project


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