Greater than 60 volunteers from the U.S. Navy, Supreme Council for Setting and Bahrain Capital Municipal Council joined palms for the occasion. Individuals from the Supreme Council for Setting included Mrs. Reema Mohamed and Ms. Sara Al Naseer and from Capital Municipal Council included Eng. Saleh Tarada, Chairman of the Capital Municipal Council and members Dr. Mohamed Abdel Hassan, Eng. Mohamed Tawfiq and Ms. Fatima Hajji. Sailor 360 program organized the navy volunteers together with NSA Bahrain’s commanding officer Capt. William Lane and Public Works Officer Cmdr. Riley Smith. The volunteers collected over 500 kilos of waste (round 226 KG), most of which was plastic.
“Preserving plastic trash from getting into the ocean helps to additional eradicate its damaging impacts to the open ocean ecosystem,” stated Mr. Seung Suk, NSA Bahrain’s Environmental Program Director. “This occasion highlighted a novel bi-lateral cooperative alternative offering speedy conservation profit to our host nation’s environmental sources whereas demonstrating the US Navy’s dedication to environmental stewardship.”
