JN employees express concern about health of coastlines

KINGSTON, Jamaica — For Kimani Graham, 17 years of participating in beach clean-ups have taught her an important lesson removing garbage from the shoreline is only part of the solution to protecting Jamaica’s coastal environment.

Despite the hours volunteers spend collecting discarded plastics and other debris, the waste often returns within days, highlighting a persistent problem that cannot be resolved through clean-up exercises alone.

According to a release from JN Foundation, her experience was reinforced during the JN Group’s recent participation in the Kingston Harbour Clean-Up Project at Gunboat Beach, where employees joined other volunteers in removing waste from the coastal environment as part of efforts to protect Jamaica’s marine ecosystems.