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Beach cleaning or clean-up is the process of removing solid litter, dense chemicals, and organic debris deposited on a beach or coastline by the tide, local visitors, or tourists. Humans pollute beaches with materials such as plastic bottles and bags , plastic straws , fishing gear , cigarette filters , six-pack rings , surgical masks and many ...
Stridy, a non-profit organisation headquartered in Singapore, is dedicated to promoting environmental cleanliness and tidiness by engaging citizens in community-driven initiatives. Founded with a mission to foster a sense of civic responsibility , Stridy encourages individuals to actively participate in maintaining a clean and litter-free ...
Afroz Shah is an Indian environmental activist and lawyer from Mumbai. [1] He is best known for organizing the world's largest beach clean-up. [2] In 2016, Shah was awarded the United Nations Champion of the Earth title for singlehandedly initiating & leading the clean-up of Mumbai's Versova Beach.
This Earth Day, if you see a gum wrapper or water bottle on the ground, the first thing you should do is pick it up and find a home for it in a trash can or a recycling bin. After that, think for a...
A new report found that more than half the beaches across the country have fecal contamination that exceeds EPA standards.
Big Blue Ocean Cleanup (est. in 2018) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with offices in York , Vancouver , Kuala Lumpur , and Sydney . It is focused on cleaning beaches and the oceans, protecting wildlife, ocean research and innovative technologies development.
In 1994, employees and volunteers at the Vancouver Aquarium decided to clean up a beach in Stanley Park in Vancouver, to protect the city’s shorelines. From that first cleanup, the program expanded across British Columbia and by 1997, 400 volunteers were participating in the Great B.C. Beach Cleanup at 20 sites.
Debris on beach near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Debris collected from beaches on Tern Island in the French Frigate Shoals over one month. Researchers classify debris as either land- or ocean-based; in 1991, the United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution estimated that up to 80% of the pollution was land-based, [5] with the remaining 20% originating from ...