Friday, June 5, 2009
About the Coastal Cleanup.here, we would now like to share about the coastal cleanup we done at the beach !
General information about the rubbish :
In 1996, about 7,529 tonnes of refuse was thrown out each day in Singapore. At present, only 35% of that is recycled. Refuse has become a significant issue for land scarce Singapore, and long-term solutions are being investigated by the Ministry of the Environment (ENV).
Trash is, unfortunately, a significant feature of our mangroves! Other than flotsam from rivers and the sea, the trash also consists of abandoned possessions of former coastal kampung settlements like refrigerators, appliances and even the occasional kitchen sink!
Most of the trash is mainly plastic and does not degrade for years, building up at the HWST level to form a strand line, or more appropriately, a trashline! In our mangroves, this is along sandbanks at the seaward edge, and landward behind the mud lobster mound systems. It is thus rarely seen by visitors to our parks.
So to help the earth, beach, mangrove,
WE HAVE TO COASTAL CLEANUP !which also means, help pick up the rubbish on the beaches !
( and also not to litter of course >:D )
We were shocked to find loads of rubbish ex : Cereal Packets, Water Bottles, Straws, And even STRINGS !
and we even found a TOY !
This is the junks we found and the hardworking us ;)
YUME :D
Environmentalist Blogged:5:06 AM
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