NISD National Institute for Scuba Divers in Lebanon and HSBC Bank organized its Seventh annual underwater diving clean up day.

NISD has been in the business of diving since 1979 and involved in various underwater environmental issues trying to protect and preserve the Lebanese underwater world healthy for our future generations.

This year and like all the previous past seven, NISD and HSBC bank organized the cleanup day inviting all Divers to participate in that important day.

Three boats operated in and out all day from the NISD HQ base located at the Beirut Marina at Solidere, taking divers to close by area where the divers suspected to find a large amount of garbage underwater. The underwater garbage comes mainly from the unconscious citizens, fisherman, cornice walkers throwing their garbage in the sea as well as the dump of Saida who needs to be cleaned as soon as possible.

Divers participating in that event were 120 divers. Approximately 1 ton of garbage was picked up from the sea and later picked up by Sukleen who have been very helpful all these years sending their trucks and personnel to contribute in that event.

The garbage picked up was mainly composed of

• 50% cans

• 45% Plastic , bottles, cups and bags

• 5% Rubber tires

On the funny side, and among all the collected garbage, 1 diver found $200.00 Fadel Khoury

Another diver found $150.00 Bilal Hanouni, while another diver found 1000LL

NISD will keep organizing this event every year bringing more awareness, in the hope that the divers message get to be heard widely in all our Lebanese soil protecting all our underwater world.

NISD wishes to thank all the divers that participated in this event (Nationalities were Lebanese, English, French, Kuwaities and Italian) as well as its main sponsor for that event HSBC Bank. NISD wishes to thank Sukleen for their great support and contribution for this event as well as all the past events during the seven past years.