Banda Aceh - The people who live around the beach in the area of Lhokseumawe City are expected to maintain coastal cleanliness as an effort to create a clean and healthy environment.
Head of Environmental and Sanitation Agency of Lhokseumawe Teuku Maimun in Lhokseumawe, Tuesday (5/6), said that so far there are residents who throw away garbage on the seafront even in very small quantities.
So also residents who live around the river, not to throw garbage in rivers or other water channels.
He acknowledges that there is still garbage visible on the beach, albeit in small quantities, such as plastic wrappers or organic waste.
Especially at the beach location recreation, there are beaches who throw away plastic food wrappers indiscriminately, and not infrequently also found a young coconut shell that is scattered on the sand, so that on the tide, the garbage was brought to sea and spread on the beach.
Against efforts to clean the shore, BLHK Lhokseumawe, claimed occasionally do garbage collection on the seafront with an uncertain time.
However, according to Maimun again, large amount of garbage, many discharged to the temporary waste collection location by residents around the settlement.
Nevertheless, it is also very hopeful to the traders and pengujung that is on the beach, to always keep clean and clean the beach from the garbage. Although in a very small amount.