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Guam Green Growth invites volunteers to weekly roadside cleanups

Guam Green Growth invites volunteers to weekly roadside cleanups

Guam Green Growth invites volunteers to weekly roadside cleanups


7/10/2021

Photo of the members of the G3 Conservation Corps
Members of the G3 Conservation Corps do their weekly roadside cleanup last Friday along Marine Corps Drive in Yigo. The group has collected more than 40 bags of trash from three villages since the program began.

The Guam Green Growth (G3) Conservation Corps continued its weekly island beautification schedule today with a roadside cleanup along Marine Corps Drive in Dededo. The community is invited every Friday to join the group’s cleanup effort, which will be in Barrigada next Friday and in a different village every week throughout the five-month program.

The G3 Conservation Corps is a five-month workforce development program launched last month under the Guam Green Growth initiative, which is being facilitated by the University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability in cooperation with the Office of the Governor. 

The cleanups, in a partnership with the Guam Mayors’ Council and the Island Beautification Task Force, involve picking up trash and appliances from the roadside and jungle and separating recyclable litter.

“This cleanup is to beautify our island,” said G3 Conservation Corps member Kevin Wong. “A lot of these items are not biodegradable. If we do not dispose of them properly, they are going to end up completely trashing the side of the road.”

Photo of Daniel Stone
G3 Conservation Corps member Daniel Stone removes waste from the jungle area during the group’s weekly roadside cleanup last Friday in Yigo. The group will conduct a cleanup in a different village every Friday for the duration of the five-month program.
Since the start of the program, the G3 Conservation Corps has collected more than 40 trash bags of waste along Marine Corps Drive in Mangilao, Tamuning, and Yigo. 

The cleanups are open to community volunteers every Friday. Interested volunteers can pre-register and see the updated schedule online at www.guamgreengrowth.org. 

Cleanup Schedule for July:

  • July 16: Barrigada 
  • July 23: Mongmong-Toto-Maite 
  • July 30: Mangilao 

The G3 Conservation Corps program is made possible through the Recycling Revolving Fund following approval from the Guam Environmental Protection Agency Board of Directors.

What is G3?

Aligned with the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, the Guam Green Growth initiative, or G3, is an island-wide initiative to cultivate an ecosystem for transformative action to achieve a sustainable, prosperous, and equitable future for the island. G3 is facilitated by the University of Guam in cooperation with the Office of the Governor of Guam and the 99 members of the G3 Working Group representing all sectors of our society.